Well Ward looking at the 'claimed' scores for the recent NAQP CW there was
plenty of spare seconds to catch raindrops. The high 'claimed' top score
only averaged 1.5 Q's per minute. Sending ? and then 'R' takes 2 seconds.
You even have time to send a second 'R' without missing a beat. After years
of experience I've found the '?' or 'QRL' always happens at the wrong time
and can be very irritating but I've never found it a run buster. I think
what need here is a few good weekends of contesting.
MAL
N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
http://geocities.com/n7mal/
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
It's already tomorrow in Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: Ward Silver
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 18:06
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] "?" not equal to "QRL?"
> >> There's no time in contests to listen.
> >
> > And that, my friends, is the problem.
>
> To me, that's akin to saying there's no time for operating properly, and
I
> just don't believe that's the case.
>
> There are dozens of ways even top-performing stations 'lose' a few
seconds
> here or there, so saying there's no time to listen first -- something
> that's
> been part of the amateur code of conduct since there's been amateur
radio
> --
> is just an excuse for poor procedure.
>
> And if there's no time to listen, how do you copy the stations calling
> you?
>
> 73, kelly
> ve4xt
I certainly have no problems losing a few seconds here or there. In fact,
most of the time I feel like I'm desperately rushing about trying to catch
raindrops in a (very) leaky bucket and hoping I manage to have some water
in
the bottom at the end!
73, Ward N0AX
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