On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> wrote:
> The rate was poor, but I can visualize constantly asking for
> QRS would lead to my call being placed on a LID list somewhere. ;-)
Not at this station. There is no "QRS LID" list on my wall!
>
> I did expect the good operators to be ripping along at a good clip for
> the first hours of SS. It did amaze me a bit that when I checked on
> Sunday evening there were a lot of stations calling at 20 to 25 WPM
> with no answers. I wonder if when the rate got low that they might
> shake a few less skilled ops out of the bushes by slowing to 15 to 18
> WPM rather than getting a 0 rate?
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
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"I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio." Ed Bradley
"Me too!" K8DD
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