There were several ops in the WW that made in the neighborhood of 10,000
QSOs. All of them spent most (if not all) of their time well in excess of
30 wpm...you can see exactly how fast by reviewing RBN archives.
If they could work more people by running at a slower speed, they would.
But most of the contest ops can handle those speeds, especially when S&P.
TI7W was running at about 35 when K9PG, and later KA9FOX dropped their
calls on one time at 70. Chris never missed a beat, working them both.
73 de Lee, AA4GA
On Sat, Dec 2, 2023, 12:21 PM Martin Sellschopp <m.sellschopp@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
> what is the advantage of sending cw at speeds which are most likely beyond
> the capability of most cw operators ? Isn't a run station hoping for
> replies also from the occasional contester ? Or do most operators now use
> decoders able to take any speed ?
> I helped myself with the callsigns from the cluster. In the cqwwdx contest
> that's ok as the zone is known and hopefully I realise that he is replying
> to me.
>
> I can copy callsigns and exchange well up to 30 WPM and a bit more and set
> my run speed to 22 WPM hoping for the quick guys to slow down a bit.
>
> Martin
> DK3UW
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