ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: K3SU
Operator(s): K3SU
Station: K3SU
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Elizabethtown, PA
Operating Time (hrs): 21
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 4 4
80: 7 7
40: 46 28
20: 113 46
15: 158 58
10: 52 31
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Total: 380 174 Total Score = 198,360
Club:
Comments:
Although I made many contacts, I found it frustrating that many of the "big
guns" and those who think they are "big guns" were transmitting
at 30-40 WPM, which caused me to listen for extended periods of time to decifer
the call and/or power. In many cases I was unable to copy and thus just moved
on. I am confortable at 20-25 WPM, but not at 30-40. I believe that only 5-10%
of the operators can copy efficiently at 30-40 WPM, if that. 50% might be able
to copy in a contest mode at 25 WPM, and the other 50% much less than 25 WPM in
a contest mode.
In my opinion, if speeds were maintained at 25 WPM or less, there would be a
significant increase in the "big gun" scores as well as all the
"little gun" scores.
There should be an effort made to encourage slower speeds, which I believe
would increase the satisfaction of all participants, and may, in fact, even
increase the number of participants.
Regards, Roger Wheeler, K3SU
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
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