[CQ-Contest] Slow code

[Bob, N5RP]

At 17:43 11/7/00, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
>I operated in the CW Sweepstakes at N5XU M/S.  I spent hours and
>hours "running" stations way high up in the bands going somewhere around
>15-17 WPM.
<snip>
>  A majority of the stations answering my CQs did so going faster than
>I was going by at least 5 WPM, many by a margin of 10 WPM or more.  I 
>had
>to ask for a lot of fills and repeats, but I kept at it.
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Hi Ken,
I always keep a set of paddles connected up to my rig just so I can 
slow down for you fellows that aren't pretentious enough to act like 
the code whiz they might not be.

As for your getting a lot of replies at a much faster speed than you 
were calling CQ....
Well, what you have discovered is that a lot of contesters cannot 
actually use paddles to send code. They must rely on packet to get the 
call, and a keyboard to load up the call for actual proper code 
transmission.

Hang in there, and congrats for trying to understand this unique aspect 
of ham radio.

Bob Perring
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