[CQ-Contest] Unsportsmanlike?

[tgstewart at pepco.com]

That's unfortunate...

However, it's hard to use a large CW contest like SS to start learning 
Morse code at speed.

That said, he should have done a few things:
1) Go very high in the band and answer slow stations or call CQ at your 
own rate.
2) Send at a rate no faster than what you expect the other station to send 
back to you.  The station you are calling should slow down to match your 
speed (to a large extent) if they answer you. 
3) If that doesnt work for you, dont bother copying the exchange (and dont 
submit a log).  Get the callsign before you call, try to copy what you can 
and then send your exchange back promptly  when it's time.  (Of course, 
this wont help SMC if that's the goal ;} )

If all else fails, wait til Sunday afternoon during the football games and 
almost anyone will slow down to work a new Q!

Ty K3MM







"Ford Peterson" <ford at cmgate.com>
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11/04/2002 11:23 AM

 
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        Subject:        [CQ-Contest] Unsportsmanlike?


I've been working with a local fella on getting into "contesting."
Everybody needs an elmer, so it seems.  After much encouragement and 
proding
on my part, he gave it a go on CW during SS.  Below you will find his
comments.  I've scrubbed his name to eliminate any embarassment. Comments?

Ford-N0FP
ford at cmgate.com

----- Original Message -----

> Well, that was fun. I tried tonight to make a few cw QSO's, just to get 
my
> feet wet. Most of the stations were going way to fast for me. I did
finally
> find a couple that, after listening for a while, I was able to get their
> call sign down. So, after they finished their CQ, I sent my call. I
couldn't
> get them to slow down enough to copy the other stuff, my repeated QRS's
were
> ignored. I finally quit when one guy slowed down enough to send "go 
awy".
> Great group of hams out there. I hope others had better luck. Anyway, I
> stuck my key back in the box.
>
> See ya,

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