R: [CQ-Contest] Speed and contesting

[Soro Roberto]

Well said Fred and Joe!!

May I add that, sometimes, a slow speed
(or a significative difference in speed respect to the others)
is the difference that help to keep the attention of the other end
and let your signal be heard among the outstanding ones?

This experience comes from hours and hours of low power
contesting and DXing, but ...

.. if you have the usual K3ZO signal out there,well...
it helps!!.

Bob,I2WIJ - J49WI

mailto:i2wij at qsl.net
http://www.qsl.net/i2wij/

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Fred Laun K3ZO [mailto:aalaun at ibm.net]
Inviato: 18/06/99 18.58
A: cq-contest at contesting.com
Oggetto: [CQ-Contest] Speed and contesting



K8JP wrote:

>Speed is not the sole sign of a good operator. High speed CW
>receiving capability is one, adjusting to given conditions is
>another, but the top one, in my opinion is being able to
>communicate with the other operator. If you need to brush him
>off with a display of high speed CW, you were not communicating.
>If you have to lower your speed for the other guys to copy,
>you should do it.

How right Joe is about this, not only for contesting but for DX'ing.
Presumably when 
you call a station in a contest your object is to work him, not to
demonstrate your beautiful command of CW sending.  How many times have I
heard a slow "CQ" from a weak and watery one on the other side of the world
followed by a quick "K3XXX" from this side once?  And then not even any
followup.  Gents, there are times when that rare multiplier will respond
only to "XW8KPL XW8KPL de K3ZO K3ZO" at his sending speed and if you want
to work it that's the way it will have to be done.  The practitioner of
"one size fits all" calling is not a skilled contester or DX'er.

73, Fred 


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