Mr. Elmer you get 90% of the blame for this problem Why didn't you start him
out on WAE and sending QTC's. Then not only would he give up CW contesting
but he would have probably had to change his shorts. I've been at this CW
contesting stuff a long time and the accepted rule of thumb,in the past, has
ALWAYS been whatever speed the guy is calling CQ at is the speed of the
contact. Every year, Every year, I run across K0RF calling CQ in excess if
35 WPM. I answer him at that speed, out of respect to him, we send each
other the exchange and I move on. Boys and girls you have 363 days a year to
learn CW, at a reasonable speed, and practice your CW operating technique.
Saturday and Sunday, of SSCW weekend, is NOT time to learn how to send CW
or how to contest.
MAL N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
http://www.geocities.com/n7mal/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>
To: "Contest reflector" <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 16:23
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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