[CQ-Contest] CQ pattern in contest - what's your vote?
Ron Feutz
feutz at wctc.net
Wed Feb 25 10:33:21 EST 2004
Tonno,
I am an average CW contester as far as speed goes. I am comfortable up to
35 WPM for easy-to-copy calls and exchanges. My problem is with difficult
calls at high speeds. When tuning I frequently don't focus fast enough on
a call to get it the first time when "test" is at the end.
So I prefer "test" at the beginning, to trigger my brain into focus.
Something I noticed this year is that some high speed stations programmed
the call at a slower speed than the CQ or "test". I think this helps
everyone's rate, especially later in the contest when all the real fast CW
ops have worked each other. I suspect most top-notch ops will agree with
your opinion.
73,
Ron - WA9IRV
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