One more thing, add a bit more time in the CQ GAP for my longer callsign
friends, WB9SBD and WB8WKQ.
Dave AFP
On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 7:35 AM Dave Edmonds <dave@pkministrywebs.com>
wrote:
> Amen K8MR!!!!!
>
> The comment about a sense of urgency is 100% DEAD ON! i never considered
> this before, but Jim is right. It's also upbeat and energetic...Those are
> always positive!
>
> Please do not change your CW speed during your exchange!... If you do,
> I'll probably ask for a repeat. When I hear a 599 or 5NN (or the first
> element of the exchange) at 40 wpm, my brain is primed to copy the rest of
> the exchange at 40 wpm. Please oh please keep it constant. There's nothing
> for difficult than copying variable speed transmissions...Who started this
> weird technique anyway?
>
> Have you ever heard W1AW speed copy tests? They don't change the speed
> with every other word. Perhaps they should create one and call it the
> contesters variable speed copy test. When I took my 20 wpm test at the FCC
> offices in Atlanta, New Orleans and Greenville hamfest in the lat 70's,
> they didn't switch it up either.
>
> Frankly, even SS is pretty easy at the 36-40 range.
>
> This is a bit off the subject, but still relevant...Four more CW truths
> that drive me to the 'funny farm'.
>
> 1. If you run in a contest, please don't set your CQ speed faster than you
> can actually copy CW.
>
> 2. Don't use phonetics on CW. I asked someone for a repeat recently and
> they spelled out the letter that I was mission... Holy moly... Just send
> the letter a few times.
>
> 3. I'll add one more... I hear the good old "Please copy" on CW too. WHAT!
>
> 4. Please leave enough space between CQs for a guy with a 6-character
> callsign to reply at a reasonable speed. This weekend, I had to reply at 44
> wpm to fit my callsign in the GAP. I'm now calling this the 'CQ GAP'.
>
> Playing a little Prince "Let's Go Crazy", "Tom Sawyer" by Rush or some
> fast Phil Collins vinyl during your breaks will also help keep your speed
> up when you return.
>
> 73s Dave WN4AFP
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:41 PM K8MR via CQ-Contest <
> cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm of a keep it at the same speed style - I don't think the 300
>> milliseconds one saves by sending 5NN at warp speed compensates for the
>> other guy's brain having to shift gears to copy what I'm sending.
>> I judge just how fast I'm sending by the nature of the pileup (assuming I
>> have one!). The bigger the pileup, the safer it is to go fast, as it is
>> quite likely the guy you're working just listened to your previous QSO and
>> knows how to increment a number.
>>
>> Maybe not so much in serial number contests, but in a no-brain exchange
>> contest (i.e. CQWW) sending on the fast side puts a sense of urgency for
>> the other guy to call you now.
>>
>> And as a contest wears on, yes, sending somewhat slower is a good
>> strategy. And if for some reason (hopefully other than you got spotted with
>> a busted call) you do get a small pileup, go ahead and bump up the speed a
>> bit.
>>
>>
>> 73 - Jim K8MR
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
>> To: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2019 9:58 pm
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
>>
>> For contests like RDX and WPX where the exchange is a serial #, do you:
>>
>>
>>
>> . Go as fast as always. (34-36wpm) , risking your qso partner busting
>> the #,but keeping rate high.
>>
>> . Go a bit slower (30-32wpm), hoping the QRS improves the copy &
>> reduces busted exchanges.
>>
>> . Send everything just as fast as normal (whatever that speed is),
>> but
>> use brackets <<>> (a la N1MM) to slow down JUST the serial #
>>
>> . Slow down only for obviously slow callers
>>
>> . Something else?
>>
>>
>>
>> Inquiring minds.
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't want to skew the results, so I won't say (yet) what I do. (and who
>> knows if what I do is even 'right')
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike VE9AA
>>
>>
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