At 01:13 AM 1/4/2002 +0000, KC5AJX wrote:
>... I read that you want to get new blood into the CW contests.
One thing missing from the discussion about CW speeds is that CQWW is a
top-of-the-line contest. You don't teach people how to contest or how to copy
well during CQWW - similarly you don't teach people how to drive, or how to
drive a race car at the Indy 500.
Most people who have succeeded in contesting got their start by operating the
"less visible" events - those where rates are slower and QRM is much less. I
know I grew up operating a lot of state QSO parties and other events, plus
operating in multi-ops where I could listen, watch and learn from those who had
more experience. Taught me an awful lot. I still wasn't ready to win the
Indy 500.
So, I don't find it hard to believe, and accept, that many people will be
scared off by the CQWW or other intensely competitive events. After all, the
first time I saw a car whizzing by on the street, I never wanted to cross it at
all. I learned how though.
-- Tom
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