[CQ-Contest] Diversity in SS

[Stephen Murphy]

I find that brain damage starts setting in after the first several hours ;)

But seriously, I know that I ask for repeats more frequently after I start
feeling tired.  My brain just doesn't process information as efficiently,
and I'll either miss part of an exchange (even if it's sent at a comfortable
speed and the signal is Q5), or I might have doubts as to whether or not I
copied it correctly.  I can't recall having to ask for more than one repeat
because of this, though.

Like Bill, I'd rather take a moment to get it right than have the QSO busted
unnecessarily.

Curiously, this doesn't seem to affect me when I "S&P", only when CQing.

73 de Steve N8NM




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Cqtestk4xs at aol.com>
To: <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Diversity in SS


> In a message dated 11/5/03 3:40:03 AM Greenwich Standard Time,
> w2up at mindspring.com writes:
> Speaking of Q's, in my limited SS contesting (~100 QSOs at full
> power), I noticed that although I copied the Q's full exchange the
> first time, many of them required repeats from me 2 or 3 times. Are
> they using QRP on receive also - audio turned way down? No, I wasn't
> QRQ.
> Barry W2UP
> I'm not sure if I was one of those guys.  I am not a CW guy and was
sending
> at 30 WPM or less the whole weekend.  Some guys would fire back at me
around
> much faster than that.  I can copy that fast but cannot copy and type that
fast
> when having to change fields.  As a result, repeats were needed.  Also,
YOU
> may not have QRM on your end, but we might have it on ours, even with your
QRO.
> Not all of us are proficient CW ops.  I'd rather have a guy repeat it than
> have a busted QSO
>
> Bill K4XS
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