One other reason: many hams ran separate transmitters and receivers and
possibly it would have taken some time to dial up both the receiver and the
transmitter to the right frequency? Slower/longer CQ - more time for
people to tune you in, zero beat the transmitter and be prepared to respond?
73 Rich NN3W
On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 3:56 PM Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com> wrote:
> A big difference back in the 60's and 70's was that there was always a
> large pool of newly-hatched General's who could only copy 13-18 WPM. That
> caused all of us to QRS, lowering the rate.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 5:46 AM K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us> wrote:
>
> > On 2/10/2026 6:23 PM, Art Boyars wrote:
> > > in a way, we've worked ourselves out of a job.
> > Anyone have recordings of contests before computer logging? I know that
> > in 1967 the winner of CW SS averaged about 30/hr, maybe less.
> >
> > 73,
> > Scott K9MA
> >
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> >
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