[CQ-Contest] Unsportsmanlike?

[Richard Thorne]

Thats a shame, it sounds like he found the bad apple in the barrel.  I would
say that 99% of us would have slowed down.

I have my external keyer setup for slower speeds just for this reason.  I
find its easier to go to my paddle rather than change the speed on the pc
with a shift f9/f10.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Ford Peterson" <ford at cmgate.com>
To: "Contest reflector" <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 10:23 AM
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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