[CQ-Contest] Number, Check, etc

[Leigh S. Jones]

What I found, before I won the phone SS about 3 decades at W6HX where
I opped SSB SS was that the most effective method was to transmit MY
exchange screaming at full speed like a bat out of hell.  If you give
the other
guy the benefit of doubt and assume that he's not totally lame, then
he's less
likely to come back to you with lengthy and unnecessary statements
like
"thanks for slowing down for me but it's really not necessary" thus
wasting
more of your time...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck" <k3ft at erols.com>
Cc: <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 8:53 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Number, Check, etc


> What I found, after almost 1500 Q's at N3OC where I opped SSB SS was
that
> the most effective method was to transmit MY exchange with a
measured
> cadence, slow and measured, with pauses in a couple spots.
>
> It went something like this. (assume I sent it to W3PP. My number is
1529,
> Prec M, N3OC, 73, MD'
>
> I sent it like this
>
> In a measured patient cadence with attempt to maintain even voice
level.
>
> 'W-3-P-P---copy---one--five--two--nine-(pause)--Mike (or
>
Mexico)---EN-THREE-OSCAR-CHARLIE-(pause)--seven--three----Mike--Delta"
>
> Very rarely would I get a request for a fill UNLESS it was due to
QRM, the
> receivers fingers slipping and making the computer glitch or some
factor
> like that.
>
> It saved a LOT of time.  I repeated the numbers as single digits
ALWAYS. The
> 'COPY' seemed to help because it gave the guy TIME to synchronize
his
> fingers/ brain/ keyboard to be ready to copy the exchange.  The
pauses
> allowed his brain/fingers to be OK on the keyboard and allowed a few
> milliseconds to look and process to make sure all was OK.
>
> Your mileage may vary, but that technique worked VERY WELL for the
entire
> contest.
>
> 73
>
> Chuck K3FT
>
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