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From: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 16:51:37 -0400 (EDT)
I always slow my report down for both the SS and the Sprint.  It always
saves me time over the course of the contest.  In the Sprint I might send
the exchange 4 WPM slower than I'm sending normally.  My CQ's in the
Sprint always go out 2 to 4 WPM slower.  It always pays off.

73

Bill

On Sun, 7 May 2000, John T. Laney, III wrote:

> Yes, it COULD be such a problem.  Once at NQ4I, we had RF feedback
> problem on 80 such that the other stations couldn't even get our call
> whether computer sent or not.  (The most common guess was NG4E.) 
> However, Jay did not have that problem in SS last year.  Neither did
> W4AN and there were still a lot of guys who didn't get it right and
> didn't ask for a repeat.  The only way I know to improve that is to slow
> down the sending speed, but that may cost you QSOs.  Of course, you may
> try varying speeds of the exchange to slow down only the parts that
> people generally have trouble copying, but I'd prefer that all parts of
> the exchange be sent at approximately the same speed.  An extra space
> before or in a difficult part of the exchange may help.  73, John,
> K4BAI.
> 
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