Not so for the non-USA side of CQWW. You have to get the zone correct for worked
USA stations. My (preliminary) LCR from operating N2IC @ N3HBX showed nearly 900
QSO's relied on their databases to incorrectly log me in Zone 4.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 03/12/2019 12:43 PM, Gerry Hull wrote:
CQ WW. All you need is the correct callsign for 99.99% of the contacts.
The logger does the rest.
Gerry W1VE
On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 2:38 PM Dave Edmonds <dave@pkministrywebs.com>
wrote:
I thought you had to have correct information in your log for contacts in
any contest... So which contests allow us to do half the job?
Dave AFP
On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 12:36 PM NM5M <nm5meric@gmail.com> wrote:
Don’t forget, in the Russian contest, the contest sponsor penalizes
stations if the receiving party doesn’t get the information correctly
into
their log. To simplify, both stations have to copy correct information in
order to get full points for the contact.
We could learn something from the way the Russians score their contest.
73,
NM5M
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 22:16:05 +0000 (UTC)
From: "dfaklis@frontiernet.net" <dfaklis@frontiernet.net>
To: "cq-contest@contesting.com" <cq-contest@contesting.com>, MRRC
Reflector <mrrc@contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Phone Fray - Daylight Savings Time - Tuesday
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Phone Fray - Tuesday Evening, 10:30pm EDT (0230-0300z Wednesday),
30-minute SSB contest.? Please bring a friend and introduce a new
contester
into the mix.? One QSO or many, please enter your score.
The Phone Fray is weekly and mirrors NAQP SSB; exchange name and S/P/C,
mults per band.
Suggested center frequencies are:? 21.325, 14.250, 7.175, 3.800,
1.875.?
General Ops can be found above 3.800.
20 may be open at the start, then folks move down to 40, 80, and Q's
are
had on 160 in the last 5-10 minutes.
Rules are here:? http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf
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Please forward this email to your clubs and amateurs that might be
interested.?? Great for new contesters and veterans alike.
Thanks!
73, Dean, NW2K
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:44:17 -0300
From: "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
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For contests like RDX and WPX where the exchange is a serial #, do you:
. Go as fast as always. (34-36wpm) , risking your qso partner
busting
the #,but keeping rate high.
. Go a bit slower (30-32wpm), hoping the QRS improves the copy &
reduces busted exchanges.
. Send everything just as fast as normal (whatever that speed
is),
but
use brackets <<>> (a la N1MM) to slow down JUST the serial #
. Slow down only for obviously slow callers
. Something else?
Inquiring minds.
I don't want to skew the results, so I won't say (yet) what I do. (and
who
knows if what I do is even 'right')
Mike VE9AA
Mike, Coreen & Corey
Keswick Ridge, NB
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 20:02:55 -0600
From: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>
To: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
Message-ID: <C7FA205D-26C9-4065-818E-C4B7227D2961@sdellington.us>
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I slow down to the other?s speed, if necessary, and further if
conditions are poor. I think slowing down just for the sn is
counterproductive.
73,
Scott K9MA
----------
Scott Ellington
--- via iPad
On Mar 11, 2019, at 6:44 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
wrote:
For contests like RDX and WPX where the exchange is a serial #, do
you:
. Go as fast as always. (34-36wpm) , risking your qso partner
busting
the #,but keeping rate high.
. Go a bit slower (30-32wpm), hoping the QRS improves the copy &
reduces busted exchanges.
. Send everything just as fast as normal (whatever that speed
is), but
use brackets <<>> (a la N1MM) to slow down JUST the serial #
. Slow down only for obviously slow callers
. Something else?
Inquiring minds.
I don't want to skew the results, so I won't say (yet) what I do. (and
who
knows if what I do is even 'right')
Mike VE9AA
Mike, Coreen & Corey
Keswick Ridge, NB
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 22:01:42 -0400
From: Edward Sawyer <EdwardS@sbelectronics.com>
To: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>, "cq-contest@contesting.com"
<cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
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For WPX and Russia DX or ARRL or CQWW, for me it doesn't matter, serial
# or not. If conditions are good and you are working Europe, especially,
Russia and Eastern Europe, its fast 36 - 40. If its all US or South
America I slow it down to 32 - 34. When conditions are more marginal
especially with QSB, I use 28 - 30. Especially over the pole - 26 - 28.
Ed N1UR
-----Original Message-----
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Of Mike Smith VE9AA
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 8:44 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
For contests like RDX and WPX where the exchange is a serial #, do you:
. Go as fast as always. (34-36wpm) , risking your qso partner
busting
the #,but keeping rate high.
. Go a bit slower (30-32wpm), hoping the QRS improves the copy &
reduces busted exchanges.
. Send everything just as fast as normal (whatever that speed
is),
but
use brackets <<>> (a la N1MM) to slow down JUST the serial #
. Slow down only for obviously slow callers
. Something else?
Inquiring minds.
I don't want to skew the results, so I won't say (yet) what I do. (and
who knows if what I do is even 'right')
Mike VE9AA
Mike, Coreen & Corey
Keswick Ridge, NB
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 22:05:47 -0400
From: "rjairam@gmail.com" <rjairam@gmail.com>
To: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Cc: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
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Automatically have software go slower to send the exchange.
73
Ria, N2RJ
On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 at 21:58, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
wrote:
For contests like RDX and WPX where the exchange is a serial #, do
you:
. Go as fast as always. (34-36wpm) , risking your qso partner
busting
the #,but keeping rate high.
. Go a bit slower (30-32wpm), hoping the QRS improves the copy &
reduces busted exchanges.
. Send everything just as fast as normal (whatever that speed
is), but
use brackets <<>> (a la N1MM) to slow down JUST the serial #
. Slow down only for obviously slow callers
. Something else?
Inquiring minds.
I don't want to skew the results, so I won't say (yet) what I do. (and
who
knows if what I do is even 'right')
Mike VE9AA
Mike, Coreen & Corey
Keswick Ridge, NB
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:15:35 +0000 (UTC)
From: jimk8mr@aol.com
To: ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca, cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
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I'm of a keep it at the same speed style - I don't think the 300
milliseconds one saves by sending 5NN at warp speed compensates for the
other guy's brain having to shift gears to copy what I'm sending.
I judge just how fast I'm sending by the nature of the pileup (assuming
I have one!). The bigger the pileup, the safer it is to go fast, as it is
quite likely the guy you're working just listened to your previous QSO
and
knows how to increment a number.
Maybe not so much in serial number contests, but in a no-brain exchange
contest (i.e. CQWW) sending on the fast side puts a sense of urgency for
the other guy to call you now.
And as a contest wears on, yes, sending somewhat slower is a good
strategy. And if for some reason (hopefully other than you got spotted
with
a busted call) you do get a small pileup, go ahead and bump up the speed
a
bit.
73? -? Jim? K8MR
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
To: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2019 9:58 pm
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
For contests like RDX and WPX where the exchange is a serial #, do you:
.? ? ? Go as fast as always. (34-36wpm) , risking your qso partner
busting
the #,but keeping rate high.
.? ? ? Go a bit slower (30-32wpm), hoping the QRS improves the copy &
reduces busted exchanges.
.? ? ? Send everything just as fast as normal (whatever that speed is),
but
use brackets <<>> (a la N1MM) to slow down JUST the serial #
.? ? ? Slow down only for obviously slow callers
.? ? ? Something else?
Inquiring minds.
I don't want to skew the results, so I won't say (yet) what I do. (and
who
knows if what I do is even 'right')
Mike VE9AA
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:18:04 -0400
From: "Bob Shohet, KQ2M" <kq2m@kq2m.com>
To: <jimk8mr@aol.com>, <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>,
<cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
Message-ID: <A2E111074D3949F6BBB370BE544F0B44@BOBWINPC1PC>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
What is fun is when a super op type calls you and you KNOW that you can
speed up and send it to him at 60 wpm and he will get it the first time
and
vice-versa if I I call him/her. Get?s the blood pumping a little faster
and puts a smile on my face (and hopefully theirs). :-) And there
are
some slow sending ops that can copy qrq easily ? but just can?t send
fast ?
and your turning up the speed to send to them is like a knowing handshake
saluting their copying skill ? ?Hey I know who you are ? you?re a really
good op so I am going to send fast to you!?.
It also gets the attention of the pileup ? makes them listen and wonder
what is going on. If they are listening then they are not transmitting
which means that when the weak guy calls you will copy him and work him.
Sometimes that weak guy is a polar path mult that you would never have
heard if/when everyone was calling at once!
It pays to slow down if cndx are disturbed and the signals start to
sound auroral and/or of have significant flutter (like the W1 path to
JA) ?
if you are sending fast you will be harder to understand and callers may
pass you by.
73
Bob KQ2M
From: K8MR via CQ-Contest
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 10:15 PM
To: ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca ; cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
I'm of a keep it at the same speed style - I don't think the 300
milliseconds one saves by sending 5NN at warp speed compensates for the
other guy's brain having to shift gears to copy what I'm sending.
I judge just how fast I'm sending by the nature of the pileup (assuming
I have one!). The bigger the pileup, the safer it is to go fast, as it is
quite likely the guy you're working just listened to your previous QSO
and
knows how to increment a number.
Maybe not so much in serial number contests, but in a no-brain exchange
contest (i.e. CQWW) sending on the fast side puts a sense of urgency for
the other guy to call you now.
And as a contest wears on, yes, sending somewhat slower is a good
strategy. And if for some reason (hopefully other than you got spotted
with
a busted call) you do get a small pileup, go ahead and bump up the speed
a
bit.
73 - Jim K8MR
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
To: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2019 9:58 pm
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
For contests like RDX and WPX where the exchange is a serial #, do you:
. Go as fast as always. (34-36wpm) , risking your qso partner
busting
the #,but keeping rate high.
. Go a bit slower (30-32wpm), hoping the QRS improves the copy &
reduces busted exchanges.
. Send everything just as fast as normal (whatever that speed is),
but
use brackets <<>> (a la N1MM) to slow down JUST the serial #
. Slow down only for obviously slow callers
. Something else?
Inquiring minds.
I don't want to skew the results, so I won't say (yet) what I do. (and
who
knows if what I do is even 'right')
Mike VE9AA
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 05:25:58 -0400
From: Ed K1EP <k1ep.list@gmail.com>
To: jimk8mr@aol.com
Cc: ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca, cq Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
Message-ID:
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What I don't get are those who send at warp speed, but pause a second
or
two before sending the exchange. Same amount of time if you just
eliminated
the pause and sent at non-warp speed.
On Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 23:41 K8MR via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com>
wrote:
I'm of a keep it at the same speed style - I don't think the 300
milliseconds one saves by sending 5NN at warp speed compensates for
the
other guy's brain having to shift gears to copy what I'm sending.
I judge just how fast I'm sending by the nature of the pileup
(assuming
I
have one!). The bigger the pileup, the safer it is to go fast, as it
is
quite likely the guy you're working just listened to your previous QSO
and
knows how to increment a number.
Maybe not so much in serial number contests, but in a no-brain
exchange
contest (i.e. CQWW) sending on the fast side puts a sense of urgency
for
the other guy to call you now.
And as a contest wears on, yes, sending somewhat slower is a good
strategy. And if for some reason (hopefully other than you got spotted
with
a busted call) you do get a small pileup, go ahead and bump up the
speed a
bit.
73 - Jim K8MR
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
To: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2019 9:58 pm
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
For contests like RDX and WPX where the exchange is a serial #, do
you:
. Go as fast as always. (34-36wpm) , risking your qso partner
busting
the #,but keeping rate high.
. Go a bit slower (30-32wpm), hoping the QRS improves the copy &
reduces busted exchanges.
. Send everything just as fast as normal (whatever that speed
is),
but
use brackets <<>> (a la N1MM) to slow down JUST the serial #
. Slow down only for obviously slow callers
. Something else?
Inquiring minds.
I don't want to skew the results, so I won't say (yet) what I do. (and
who
knows if what I do is even 'right')
Mike VE9AA
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 05:00:39 -0500
From: "Bill Parry" <bparry@rgv.rr.com>
Cc: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
I have noticed that I need to send a little slower in JA pileups than
in
EU ones. Not sure why but if I try to speed up past 30 in a JA pileup
the
pileup starts to dwindle. If the pileup is unruly I DO speed up.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of K9MA
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 9:03 PM
To: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
I slow down to the other?s speed, if necessary, and further if
conditions are poor. I think slowing down just for the sn is
counterproductive.
73,
Scott K9MA
----------
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--- via iPad
On Mar 11, 2019, at 6:44 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
wrote:
For contests like RDX and WPX where the exchange is a serial #, do
you:
. Go as fast as always. (34-36wpm) , risking your qso partner
busting
the #,but keeping rate high.
. Go a bit slower (30-32wpm), hoping the QRS improves the copy &
reduces busted exchanges.
. Send everything just as fast as normal (whatever that speed
is), but
use brackets <<>> (a la N1MM) to slow down JUST the serial #
. Slow down only for obviously slow callers
. Something else?
Inquiring minds.
I don't want to skew the results, so I won't say (yet) what I do. (and
who knows if what I do is even 'right')
Mike VE9AA
Mike, Coreen & Corey
Keswick Ridge, NB
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:17:48 +0000 (UTC)
From: jpescatore@aol.com
To: CQ-Contest@CONTESTING.COM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
Message-ID: <939833448.4053654.1552389468740@mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
I'll generally stay at high speed unless the caller is obviously
slower.
Then I will send their callsign back full speed and hit the PageDown key
a
few times before the variable part of the exchange, then back up.?
For information free exchanges, like CQ WW, I don't slow down. For
NAQP,
SS, FD and others that get lots of new or part timers, I don't speed up.
On
VHF tests, I send as if I was using a straight key...
73 John K3TN
------------------------------
Message: 11
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 07:35:47 -0400
From: Dave Edmonds <dave@pkministrywebs.com>
To: Jim Stahl <jimk8mr@aol.com>
Cc: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>, "
cq-contest@contesting.com"
<cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
Message-ID:
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Amen K8MR!!!!!
The comment about a sense of urgency is 100% DEAD ON! i never
considered
this before, but Jim is right. It's also upbeat and energetic...Those
are
always positive!
Please do not change your CW speed during your exchange!... If you do,
I'll
probably ask for a repeat. When I hear a 599 or 5NN (or the first
element
of the exchange) at 40 wpm, my brain is primed to copy the rest of the
exchange at 40 wpm. Please oh please keep it constant. There's nothing
for
difficult than copying variable speed transmissions...Who started this
weird technique anyway?
Have you ever heard W1AW speed copy tests? They don't change the speed
with
every other word. Perhaps they should create one and call it the
contesters
variable speed copy test. When I took my 20 wpm test at the FCC offices
in
Atlanta, New Orleans and Greenville hamfest in the lat 70's, they
didn't
switch it up either.
Frankly, even SS is pretty easy at the 36-40 range.
This is a bit off the subject, but still relevant...Four more CW truths
that drive me to the 'funny farm'.
1. If you run in a contest, please don't set your CQ speed faster than
you
can actually copy CW.
2. Don't use phonetics on CW. I asked someone for a repeat recently and
they spelled out the letter that I was mission... Holy moly... Just
send
the letter a few times.
3. I'll add one more... I hear the good old "Please copy" on CW too.
WHAT!
4. Please leave enough space between CQs for a guy with a 6-character
callsign to reply at a reasonable speed. This weekend, I had to reply
at
44
wpm to fit my callsign in the GAP. I'm now calling this the 'CQ GAP'.
Playing a little Prince "Let's Go Crazy", "Tom Sawyer" by Rush or some
fast
Phil Collins vinyl during your breaks will also help keep your speed up
when you return.
73s Dave WN4AFP
On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:41 PM K8MR via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
I'm of a keep it at the same speed style - I don't think the 300
milliseconds one saves by sending 5NN at warp speed compensates for
the
other guy's brain having to shift gears to copy what I'm sending.
I judge just how fast I'm sending by the nature of the pileup
(assuming
I
have one!). The bigger the pileup, the safer it is to go fast, as it
is
quite likely the guy you're working just listened to your previous QSO
and
knows how to increment a number.
Maybe not so much in serial number contests, but in a no-brain
exchange
contest (i.e. CQWW) sending on the fast side puts a sense of urgency
for
the other guy to call you now.
And as a contest wears on, yes, sending somewhat slower is a good
strategy. And if for some reason (hopefully other than you got spotted
with
a busted call) you do get a small pileup, go ahead and bump up the
speed a
bit.
73 - Jim K8MR
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
To: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2019 9:58 pm
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
For contests like RDX and WPX where the exchange is a serial #, do
you:
. Go as fast as always. (34-36wpm) , risking your qso partner
busting
the #,but keeping rate high.
. Go a bit slower (30-32wpm), hoping the QRS improves the copy &
reduces busted exchanges.
. Send everything just as fast as normal (whatever that speed
is),
but
use brackets <<>> (a la N1MM) to slow down JUST the serial #
. Slow down only for obviously slow callers
. Something else?
Inquiring minds.
I don't want to skew the results, so I won't say (yet) what I do. (and
who
knows if what I do is even 'right')
Mike VE9AA
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