[CQ-Contest] Great exemplary CW Can Be Fast! All CW is gud
K7LXC at aol.com
K7LXC at aol.com
Wed Nov 15 07:39:45 EST 2000
In a message dated 11/14/00 7:21:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, LRod at pobox.com
writes:
> I also reminded Dave-of-many-calls of the technique he described to me for
> thinning the pile from places like HC8, by sending successively faster
until
> the pileup got manageable. The reverse works as well.
>
> Soliciting contacts doesn't just mean sending CQ a lot of times, it also
> means
> making your station workable to someone you haven't worked. Isn't that
what
> a contest is about?
>
Excellent points. As a cw hacker, I tune by many cw sending 'speed
merchants' and don't work them - it's a loss for both of us. Should I ask
them to QRS? I never have before - I guess it didn't occur to me.
Cheers, Steve K7LXC
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