{"id":418,"date":"2025-03-06T14:55:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/?p=418"},"modified":"2025-03-06T14:55:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:55:49","slug":"new-qso-finder-tool-for-cw-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/2025\/03\/06\/new-qso-finder-tool-for-cw-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"New QSO Finder tool for CW operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Let&#8217;s make this tool famous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking for a simple QSO &#8230; or a ragchew &#8230; or a code buddy &#8230; or an SKCC exchange? There are a variety of places to find these kinds of QSOs, but usually for only one type of exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, there&#8217;s a QSO finder that is highly flexible and fabulous for extemporaneous QSOs of various types. Becky N4BKY and Michael N4FFF have just launched <a href=\"http:\/\/qsofinder.com\">CW QSO Finder<\/a>, a new tool to help you find the kind of QSO you want.  Their intro video tells you all about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2733\ufe0f NEW CW tool to get on the air!  Announcing QSO Finder!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uChegWhuDhE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Several other tools exist, but here&#8217;s why <strong>I think we all should make this one famous<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Spontaneity: Use it <strong>right now<\/strong>, when you want it. No need to plan ahead, or sign up for some list that gets updated once in a while and hidden in a box in the back hallway of  a website.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Handles a variety of conversation types. POTA\/SOTA and SKCC have some very useful tools, but are limited to those respective audiences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Modern and intuitive: Each availability spot appears as a card that clearly shows the operator&#8217;s QSO interests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dynamic: Each card lives for 30 minutes, shows when it was posted, is easily modified by its author, and can accept comments from others.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BTW&#8230; the &#8220;off page&#8221; link next to the callsign leads to that person&#8217;s QRZ page, very handy for learning more about that CW partner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u2733\ufe0f-NEW-CW-tool-to-get-on-the-air-Announcing-QSO-Finder-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u2733\ufe0f-NEW-CW-tool-to-get-on-the-air-Announcing-QSO-Finder-3-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u2733\ufe0f-NEW-CW-tool-to-get-on-the-air-Announcing-QSO-Finder-3-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u2733\ufe0f-NEW-CW-tool-to-get-on-the-air-Announcing-QSO-Finder-3-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u2733\ufe0f-NEW-CW-tool-to-get-on-the-air-Announcing-QSO-Finder-3-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u2733\ufe0f-NEW-CW-tool-to-get-on-the-air-Announcing-QSO-Finder-3.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s make this tool famous! Looking for a simple QSO &#8230; or a ragchew &#8230; or a code buddy &#8230; or an SKCC exchange? There are a variety of places to find these kinds of QSOs, but usually for only one type of exchange. Now, there&#8217;s a QSO finder that is highly flexible and fabulous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cw","7":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Bob Easton","author_link":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/author\/n4ree\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/n4ree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}