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From: "Steve London" <n2icarrl@gmail.com>
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> and let's say that speaking "five-nine" adds 1 second to
> each QSO. That gave you an extra 2547 seconds of operating
> time, compared to an equivalent station/operator who sent
> the signal report with every QSO. Using your average
> rate of 98 QSOs/hour, that gave you 70 extra QSO's.
SSB contesters know that it pays to speak fast. I'm a
casual contester and even I can say "five-nine" three
times a second - especially when I do it properly as
"fini" where each syllable rhymes with "pie".
By not mindlessly repeating "fini" 2547 times, 4O3A could
save the time to work an extra 24 QSOs.
> A few contesters on this list will applaud your ingenuity.
It's not ingenious. It's common sense.
73,
Paul EI5DI
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