We'll Mike... I think I have to take credit for the switch in the direction
of this thread...
73s Dave WN4AFP
On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 9:11 PM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> I really opened a can of worms, eh?
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> Somehow my thread has taken 3 or 4 directions and even changed names
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> a couple times.
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> Leave it to me to start something.
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> At least there's no name calling !
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> Hope to see you all in RDX this weekend where we all better have our
> virtual
> pencils sharpened
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> and be able to send and copy correctly, whatever that speed might be.
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> I'll just say this about serial # contests:
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> PLEASE, NO CUT NUMBERS !
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> See you (all of a sudden) in the next one.
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> Mike VE9AA
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> Keswick Ridge, NB
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> From: Mike Smith VE9AA [mailto:ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca]
> Sent: March 11, 2019 9:44 PM
> To: 'cq-contest@contesting.com'
> Subject: Serial # contests, speed?
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> For contests like RDX and WPX where the exchange is a serial #, do you:
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> . Go as fast as always. (34-36wpm) , risking your qso partner busting
> the #,but keeping rate high.
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> . Go a bit slower (30-32wpm), hoping the QRS improves the copy &
> reduces busted exchanges.
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> . Send everything just as fast as normal (whatever that speed is),
> but
> use brackets <<>> (a la N1MM) to slow down JUST the serial #
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> . Slow down only for obviously slow callers
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> . Something else?
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> Inquiring minds.
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> 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')
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> Mike VE9AA
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> Mike, Coreen & Corey
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> Keswick Ridge, NB
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