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1. [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: Gerry Hull <gerry@yccc.org>; Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:35:13 -0500; Wow, I still love SS after 30+ years... .. I love CW. You gotta have chops to work this contest. Sure, DX contests are fun for the propagation and strategy, but the CW part is trivial... you can't "f; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00194.html (8,361 bytes)
2. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:24:14 -0600; I used my ears to copy CW just as I have for 43 years. I sent CW on a paddle. I'm not adverse to using a keyboard for sending CW (I just don't care to do it) but I will NOT use a machine to copy it.; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00195.html (7,107 bytes)
3. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: David Levine <david@levinecentral.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:55:01 -0500; I used computer aided decoding (DM780) along with my ears and hands to send/receive exchanges. I made 314 contacts across 76 sections for the time I had to devote to the contest this weekend. You can; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00199.html (8,763 bytes)
4. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: "Mike N0HI" <mike@n0hi.net>; Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:44:07 -0700; I thought I heard evidence of quite a few code readers in this one. "HI" (.... ..) sounds like HI to the human ear pretty easily, but the code readers all want to hear "SS" (... ...). Worked a few wh; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00201.html (9,253 bytes)
5. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: KI9A@aol.com; Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:26:20 EST; Heck, as long as there is a CW activity, I don't care if a robot is sitting next them on the couch! 73- Chuck KI9A In a message dated 11/9/2009 3:31:01 P.M. Central Standard Time, w9sz.zack@gmail.com; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00202.html (8,280 bytes)
6. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:44:54 -0700; Code readers have been in use for many years in SS. With free software, such as CWGet and DM780, it has become easier than ever. That's fine with me - It increases CW contesting activity. I think of; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00204.html (8,489 bytes)
7. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: "Rick Lindquist, WW3DE" <ww3de@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:34:56 -0500; Amen, Gerry! SS CW is my all-time favorite Amateur Radio operating event, and, unlike the routine 599 + zone kinds of contests (where the logging software often inserts the probable zone), it require; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00211.html (11,357 bytes)
8. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: Gerry Hull <gerry@yccc.org>; Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:45:48 -0500; Come one, Come all... I encourage ALL to participate, even those with code readers. These days, with most people sending the exchange using a computer, the computer-generated CW is pretty easy to dec; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00214.html (11,161 bytes)
9. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: Julius Fazekas <phriendly1@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:54:07 -0800 (PST); Not to mention those with hearing disabilities... I didn't have anyone ask me to QRS, but slowed down if it seemed prudent. I want the other guy to have fun too. Hope no one had serious problems when; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00226.html (9,019 bytes)
10. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us>; Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:04:14 -0600; It has been several years since I spent much time in SS let alone CW SS. This year I had a little time to spend on it and my Morse ability, while never very good, was and is rather rusty (and will li; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00229.html (10,364 bytes)
11. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: "hank.k8dd" <hank.k8dd@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:15:40 -0500; Not at this station. There is no "QRS LID" list on my wall! Even though I was QRP, I did find Sunday evening that dropping from 28 WPM to 20 or 22 WPM did get more answers to CQs. 73 Hank K8DD -- "I; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00243.html (10,281 bytes)
12. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: "Randy Thompson K5ZD" <k5zd@charter.net>; Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:34:34 -0800; I have far more respect for guys who ask me to QRS than for those who try to fake it! Here is a good way to do it. CQ SS K5ZD DE N0XXX QRS I would drop my sending speed to match that of the station t; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00270.html (12,299 bytes)
13. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: Aldewey@aol.com; Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:02:48 EST; I am perfectly fine with guys calling me at the speed they are comfortable with. I almost always slow down when they do this which is fine. I spend a lot of time with the ALT F9 and ALT F10 keys duri; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00271.html (8,870 bytes)
14. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: "Shelby Summerville" <k4ww@arrl.net>; Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:48:38 -0500; K5ZD wrote: "I would drop my sending speed to match that of the station that called and send the exchange. It is far more efficient to slow down and send everything once, than send bits and pieces mu; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00273.html (10,032 bytes)
15. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: Dale Putnam <daleputnam@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:28:16 -0700; While thinking about this.. a quick, fast, blast of thought... there were a number of stations blasting out cqs... in an attempt to save time... running along at 35 or more wpm... .. using the common; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00274.html (11,244 bytes)
16. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: Ed K1EP <k1ep.list@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:23:49 -0500; That exact thing happened to me. While trying to copy a QRS QRP station, someone dropped in a "CQ SS" or a "?" followed 1ms later by "CQ" right on top. Took a while to chase the guy off. Luckily QRP; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00275.html (8,800 bytes)
17. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: Julius Fazekas <phriendly1@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:57:42 -0800 (PST); Shhhh, don't let all the QRP stations know that ;o) repeating as a QRP station seems to be condition/band specific to a given region at times. I've found that sometimes speeding up works well, partic; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00277.html (9,298 bytes)
18. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:57:59 -0600; I heard one station calling CQ at about 25 wpm and I answered at approximately the same speed. He came back to me at about 40 wpm (which is fine - I can copy to about 50 or 55 wpm). Out of curiosity,; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00278.html (10,056 bytes)
19. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: n4zr@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:52:29 +0000 (UTC); Maybe he did, Zack, or maybe he had just worked someone really slow and had forgotten to kick his speed back up before he called CQ. I heard one station calling CQ at about 25 wpm and I answered at a; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00283.html (11,127 bytes)
20. Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... (score: 1): Author: "Robert Chudek - K0RC" <k0rc@citlink.net>; Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:16:22 -0600; Yes, I am guilty of this... It happens both directions though. I call CQ at a slower speed to attract fellows who operate at a lower speed. But sometimes a station calls me that I *know* can copy at; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-11/msg00284.html (11,963 bytes)

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