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Subject: [SECC] Sprint speeds
From: aa4lr@arrl.net (Bill Coleman)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:40:25 -0400
On 9/9/02 11:07 AM, McKay at amckay@rabun.net wrote:

>Of course, I only had 53 Qs and was not exposed to the same
>conditions as Bill or Court, both of whom had many more Qs, and probably
>spent more time in the heart of the piles rather than on the fringes where I
>mostly worked.

Archie,

I'll agree, most of the operators I worked either slowed down for me, or 
waited if I needed fills. It was just one guy who jumped the gun.

I ran my software at 22-25 wpm, although I used my ancient homebrew keyer 
at about 20 wpm, too.

I found it very, very hard to S & P. Many of my contacts were where I 
moved 5 kHz, called CQ, and moved again after the QSO. That worked really 
well.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
            -- Wilbur Wright, 1901


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