Quack Says
I go along with double points when working the /QRP stations, especally
when they are the last 30 minutes of the SS CW and a NNY mult and it takes 5
minutes to make sure that all the info is correct. It also takes a lot of
patients when there is a good pile of guys calling and the /QRP station
sends all the exchange info twice and 4 or 5 guys leave because its taking
so long for his 18 WPM strait key and double info, call included and I
came back with his full call. ???
Quack
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry " <w2up@mindspring.com>
To: "CQ-Contest" <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 20:42
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QRPers --- Please QRQ
> Another note for QRPers, and anyone else, for that matter.
>
> Please follow instructions. If I say "NR ONLY" don't repeat the
> whole exchange. If I ask for "suffix only" don't give me your enitre
> call again.
>
> It's uncanny how the QSB and QRM manages to block the same part of
> what you're sending each time you send the whole thing!
>
> 73,
> Barry W2UP
> P.S. I still think WE should get double points for working QRPers.
> It's the receiving station that has the hard job!
>
> On 7 Nov 2005 K0HB wrote:
>
> > While Danny may shoot me for saying it, it's great to see so many
> > QRPers in contesting.
> >
> > But it seems that many of them feel they need to send slooooooow and
> > use "words twice" procedure to get their message across. Bad idea,
> > guys.
> >
> > Send your exchange AS RAPIDLY AS YOU CAN, and avoid the temptation to
> > send it twice "just to make sure I got it".
> >
> > Honestly, in a contest with lots of band noise/competing
> > signals/fatigue/etc, you have a short window to get your message to
> > me. More often than not (especially with the long SS exchange) QSB or
> > QRM is going to take you out, and I'm going to need fills. And even
> > more-more often than not, I won't be able to hear the fills, so I give
> > up on you.
> >
> > "Telling it like it is", the result is that your UBN shows "NIL" for
> > that Q, because after the second try you're going to get a quick "R
> > TU" from me and I'll do an <alt-W> and move on.
> >
> > 73, de Hans, K0HB
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> Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club
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