John - When I saw the terracotta warriors in Xi'an last year, there was
one wearing headphones and tuning a radio. maybe it was just an Ipod :-)
Barry W2UP
On 3/23/2018 12:48 PM, John Geiger wrote:
"A slow QSO is better than no QSO." ("The Art of War", Sun Tzu, ca.
544-496 BCE)
Wow, I didn't know that had amateur radio and QSOs back in the 500s BC,
guess I learned my new fact for the day!
73 John AF5CC
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 4:30 PM, ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
Hello,
I don't think slow CW sub-bands in the SS will be the salvation of either
it or CW itself. It won't hurt, though, to try it and newcomers to CW
should be advised to ride high in the SS-active parts of a band and the
faster ops should be encouraged to dial it back for slower ops everywhere.
It should mean more contacts overall. Folks complain about not enough
activity, but as it is said:
"A slow QSO is better than no QSO." ("The Art of War", Sun Tzu, ca.
544-496 BCE)
CWops runs three, one hour mini-contests every Wednesday. I think a
better way to encourage new CW ops is for the CWops group to establish
permanent slow CW sub-bands at the high end of their normal operating
frequencies, maybe 5 kHz at about 45 kHz (e.g., 7045- 7050). Every
session, every week. Newer, slower ops should start out there and faster
ops can visit, both running and S&P, and everyone should always match their
speed to the slower side of a QSO.
To some extent people do this now informally, but it could become a CWops
standard.
Right now CWops has occasional slow CW days but they are difficult to keep
track of, not everyone slows down, and fast and slow are intermixed.
The exchange, while shorter than the SS, is still challenging enough for
good training: Call, name and #/S/P/C (member number/state/province/country
prefix). Newcomers should be encouraged not to use a call history file.
True, there are enough regular repeats that you start remembering things in
your head after a while. I'm pretty good with calls, not so much with
names, and as for numbers, forget it. (If you are too good at remembering,
refer to the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" for
unassistance.)
Scores are reported to the 3830 site.
Rate obsessed CWops regulars might resist going to the sub-bands, but they
should go because:
1. CWops is dedicated to advancing the art and use of CW and this is right
in their charter:
"CWops encourages the use of CW in Amateur communications, and it supports
CW activity through planned events. CWops promotes goodwill among Amateurs
throughout the world, and it fosters the education of young people and
others in matters related to Amateur Radio."
2. The top ops have already established their reputations and now do
almost the exact same things, session after session, week after week,
sometimes on almost their exact same frequencies. Each op could devote
part of the hour of at least one session per week to promote their
organization by helping new CW operators. Mix it up. Mentoring is good.
The CWops weekly contests are very popular and well known, but extra
promotion would be necessary to establish this extended program. CWops is
a capable and effective organization and I believe they could do this.
73,
Ken, AB1J
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