A Class 158 Sprinter DMU faces the down starter signal leaving Kirkby Stephen

 

Each sound file will be available for only two weeks, a proven format intended to encourage consistent improvement in CW ability over a long period and to avoid overloading the judge.   Please, no more than one QTC per entrant per week.

When the QNC number and date in the table is light grey, the QNC has yet to become available.  When GREEN,  the QTC is available for download.  Two weeks after upload when QNC number and date has turned RED, the opportunity has expired.   It's never too late to start on the Challenge, even if you're not competing but merely want to gain experience handling 'Morse with a Purpose'.

 

QNC Region of Interest Sunday Upload
NR01    Strive for perfection ... don't Settle for less!
 
 Speed 17/11 wpm  
21 Sep
NR02    Ribblehead shows off its magnificent Viaduct.
  
Speed 18/12 wpm    
28 Sep
NR03    Dent  -  a dale in the North Yorkshire National Park
  
Speed 19/12 wpm
05 Oct
NR04     Desolate Garsdale  - high in the western Pennines
  
Speed 19/13 wpm
12 Oct
NR05     Kirkby Stephen  -  north Pennines market town
  
Speed 20/13 wpm
19 Oct
NR06    Appleby-in-Westmoreland, with relics of superstition
  
Speed 20/14 wpm
26 Oct
NR07    Langwathby,  erstwhile home to Mesolithic peoples
  
Speed 21/14 wpm   
02 Nov
NR08    Lazonby and Kirkoswald, one station, two villages
  
Speed 21/15 wpm
09 Nov
NR09    Armathwaite,  famous for Norse invaders and Nunns
  
Speed 21/15 wpm
16 Nov
NR10    Carlisle     ...    if nothing else, expect the unexpected
  
Speed 22/15 wpm
23 Nov

CW STC
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   QTC NR10 must be received before
    07 December 2025 @ 0800Z

 07 Dec

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Eeee bah gum Lad,
duzz thee know thisizz 'ow uzz won t'war?
It were wi' bacon butty in won 'and and an 'ot
br-r-rew in t'other, all done while riding steam trains
in t'Yorkshire Dales  ...  reet champion like!