Interesting discussion.
I CQ'd most of the contest at 32 wpm, with bursts of up to 36 or 38 wpm
when I had big pileups.
In general, I was never asked for fills. I did have guys who called me at
the same
speed I was calling CQ at, then, asked for complete fills (even though they
were loud).
I had no problem QRSing if someone asked. And some did. If signals were
marginal, I
immediately QRSed.
I heard many ops were CQing in the 30+ speed range.
I did have one very strange thing happen related to code speed. Someone on
40m
decided to lecture me on code speed. Without signing a call, they started
sending
"Don't you think you would work many more people if you QRS?" I
immediately QRS to
22 wpm... send QRZ... and ... no reply from the station. I turned up the
speed again,
and called CQ. The station kept sending the lecture. So, I was QRMed by
someone who
did not like my fast speed, but refused to work me when I did slow down.
Weird.
I, like many as a newbie, went through a period of struggling with speed in
SS... I would listen to a station
sending exchanges quite a few times before I'd get the whole thing. SS is
a real test of CW skill,
and that includes speed.
I noticed that W0UA, N2IC and lots of the top-end guys were not sending at
25wpm, for sure.
SS is a pure rate contest, and speed definitely is a big factor.
I was amazed at the number of people who copied my call as W1UE... who is
Dennis, usually operating from MA.
73,
Gerry Hull, W1VE
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Timothy Coker <n6win73@gmail.com> wrote:
> I get the same response throughout the contests. I can't head copy past
> 25-28 wpm... so I run at 22-25 wpm. Most guys will call in at around 25 wpm
> and I do ok at making it through the QSO without messing it up for them
> (I'm not a cw guy, but I like using the contests to get better). The guys
> who call in at well over my running speed usually end up slowing down for
> me after 2-3 rounds... I am now left wondering why they don't just turn
> down their keyer speed to accommodate my lack of head copy speed on the
> first call? After all, I am advertising that I am not that darned good at
> this yet by running slower and usually higher in the band...
>
> It's no different than me slowing down my pronunciation during a SSB
> contest for the guys who are obviously not as quick as me there...
>
> 73,
>
> Tim / N6WIN.
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:03 AM, Bill <Bill@ng3k.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > According to Skimmer, I was CQing at an average speed of 25 WPM during
> > Sweepstakes. Most callers answered at or near my calling speed. But, a
> > not insignificant subset responded nearer 35 WPM, including when giving
> > their exchange. It seems like some callers assume that if you're running
> > at 25 WPM you can copy faster than that. I suspect, in general, that may
> > very well be true, but maybe I'm just projecting. And for whatever it's
> > worth, I was not using my own call sign, but that of another amateur who
> > probably never sends north of 18-20 WPM.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Bill/NG3K
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