Re: [CQ-Contest] Sending 'test'

[ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>]

Here's a CW weight analyzer.  Fun to use:  http://www.radioqth.net/cwweight
73,Ken, AB1J


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul O'Kane <pokane@ei5di.com>
To: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Wed, Nov 28, 2018 2:23 pm
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Sending 'test'

On 28/11/2018 08:29, Chris Tran GM3WOJ wrote:

> I would just send (once) ‘CQ GM2V’, listen for about 3s, then ‘CQ GM2V’ 
> again.  I’ve calculated that this ‘CQ GM2V’ takes about 2.5s to send at 
> 40wpm, so no-one has to wait longer than 6s to hear both the next CQ and the 
> callsign.


Sending "CQ" takes 27 dot units, whereas "TEST" takes 21 dot units.
Doesn't that mean "GM2V TEST" is more efficient than "CQ GM2V"? :-)

73,
Paul EI5DI

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