[CQ-Contest] Number, Check, etc

[Gerry Treas, K8GT]

Agreed, Chuck it does work very well.  I had one station say, "You made 
it sound easy".

73, Gerry  K8GT



Chuck wrote:

>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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