I agree, Matt!
I made a bunch of meteor QSOs that way this weekend, in the 40 wpm range.
My average speed was 32, slow for me. If I needed to QRS, I did.
And, Joe, I agree with you that LIDs who don't QRS don't make QSOs.
I also find when I'm 35 plus, people Miss the Dit and call me W1UE.
So I have to weigh in that factor.
73,
Gerry W1VE
On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 12:10 PM Mats Strandberg <sm6lrr@gmail.com> wrote:
> Joe,
>
> In general I agree with you, but my experience from 10 meters, when band in
> general is ”dead”, and only various types of “scatter” propagation
> (Tropo/Meteor/Airplane) or whatever exist, then QRQ can be the difference
> of getting a full call or a test message - or not getting it.
>
> Bursts can be VERY short, and sharp borders between readability or no
> readability. 10 WPM under such extreme conditions is way too slow...
>
> At least this is the type of 10 m conditions we have where I live, mainly
> during late evenings, night or early mornings.
>
> 73 de RM2D, Mats
>
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 at 18:33, Joe <nss@mwt.net> wrote:
>
> > I will never ever understand some OP's.
> >
> > In this past weekends 10 meter contest. Most times signals were very
> > weak, often fluttery like being over the pole etc.
> >
> > YET! I would hear countless guys going forever at like 40+ WPM.
> >
> > I can do 40+ WPM I have the ARRL Certificate to prove it. But when it is
> > all fluttery, and weak as an EME signal, hello, 40+ WPM doesn't cut it.
> > I had countless times where I had to listen to one station for a few
> > minutes to try to make sure I got his call correct, still on many just
> > said screw them, and turned the big knob.
> >
> > Yet there was one guy (I had worked everyone I could hear, so was taking
> > a break for lunch) I listened to him rattle off at 40+ wpm with not a
> > single QSO. I hear several try to work him, and keep asking for repeats,
> > but he never slowed down at all and the people like me would just tune
> > away.
> >
> > I can fully understand when the band is wide open and you have countless
> > people calling you, to run fast, but when you have gone for more than 30
> > minutes with only partial contacts made ever thing of dropping to 20 or
> > even less?
> >
> > Myself when things got slow contact wise I often go way to the top of
> > the activity in the band and go really slow! I mean like 10 WPM or even
> > less sometimes, you would not believe how many new comers are sooo
> > grateful that I did.
> >
> > Joe WB9SBD
> >
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