At 03:22 PM 2/25/01 -0500, Tom Rauch wrote:
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>Often I just listen in contests. Hearing both ends, it is very plain
>QSK is not always the issue. Quite often the other person doesn't
>even wait for the first person to finish!!
My impression is that whatever the reason, losing the first character of a
transmission, whether on transmit or on receive, is a declining problem. A
few years ago, it seemed to be very common, but during the ARRL CW test I
recall very few people not "getting" my first character, and I missed very
few of theirs. Not boasting -- I just attribute it to a better average
standard of equipment on both ends of most circuits, and perhaps some
improvement in the quality of ops.
73, Pete N4ZR
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