This guy has got to be a crackpot!!!
Considering how qso's become hard to find on the second day of SS, I can't
imagine anyone telling him to go away UNLESS he sent his call over and over
and over. Then I send the report and he again sends call over and over and
I QRS and give entire report and he gives his call over and over and over
and I slow down even more and give the whole report (slow so that it means
I've taken a couple of minutes just to send one report) and he still acts
like he can't figure out his name. THEN I'd tell him to go away! I didn't
work anyone like this, but there has to be more to his story!
73
Red
K0LUZ
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Ford Peterson
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:24 AM
To: Contest reflector
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Unsportsmanlike?
I've been working with a local fella on getting into "contesting."
Everybody needs an elmer, so it seems. After much encouragement and proding
on my part, he gave it a go on CW during SS. Below you will find his
comments. I've scrubbed his name to eliminate any embarassment. Comments?
Ford-N0FP
ford@cmgate.com
----- Original Message -----
> Well, that was fun. I tried tonight to make a few cw QSO's, just to get my
> feet wet. Most of the stations were going way to fast for me. I did
finally
> find a couple that, after listening for a while, I was able to get their
> call sign down. So, after they finished their CQ, I sent my call. I
couldn't
> get them to slow down enough to copy the other stuff, my repeated QRS's
were
> ignored. I finally quit when one guy slowed down enough to send "go awy".
> Great group of hams out there. I hope others had better luck. Anyway, I
> stuck my key back in the box.
>
> See ya,
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>From Ward Silver" <hwardsil@centurytel.net Mon Nov 4 18:51:09 2002
From: Ward Silver" <hwardsil@centurytel.net (Ward Silver)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] 30000 Sections and Slow Folks
Message-ID: <039c01c28433$2478f2e0$27d7fea9@mirage>
> You should get a coffee urn for working 30000 sections. Along that =
line I=20
> always thought a great contest would be on in which you worked zip =
codes for=20
> multipliers. Final score is zips time qsos. What say?
>
> Bill K4XS
That's one prize you'd really have to "urn". Sorry...
And...
> I've been working with a local fella on getting into "contesting."
> Everybody needs an elmer, so it seems. After much encouragement and =
prodding
> on my part, he gave it a go on CW during SS. Below you will find his
> comments. I've scrubbed his name to eliminate any embarassment. =
Comments?
>=20
> Ford-N0FP
Were we were all born sending 45 wpm with a silver key in our fists? I =
think not!
Just consider - if a 10 wpm QSO takes six times as long as usual to =
complete, it might displace 20 or 30 of those marvelously productive "CQ =
SS" we all sent about, oh, three thousand times on Sunday with no =
response whatsoever. On the other hand, the potential for THOUSANDS of =
CW contacts has now been effectively removed from the contest community.
Yes, I fidgeted through a dozen or so really S-L-O-W contacts, but I =
didn't lose my frequency. One was a needed multiplier from the Midwest. =
On two, somebody sent "?" over the QSO, but I was able to send "AS" =
right back at 35 wpm and never missed a beat. I would have loved to =
have more slow folks call in on Sunday when the bands were full of CQ =
machines (mine included).
Please - choke down the adrenaline just a tad and get some perspective =
on what it must be like to try to enter our sacred CW lovefests. You, =
too, were once slow and poked along at 13.001 wpm. But it didn't kill =
the Gods of Contesting to slow down for your one measly QSO filled with =
errors and repeats.
There is nearly always room in the contest for the new, the old, the =
casual. It's not the Olympics.
73, Ward N0AX at K7IR
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