[CQ-Contest] Sweepstakes: Should I be penalized for getting my license in 2000?

[John Geiger]

Just use the cut numbers for the check, then it is
just Dah Dah.

73s John W5TD

--- D K7GK <k7gk at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Since operating in Sweepstakes for the first time a
> few years ago and 
> falling in love with this contest, I wondered - am I
> at a real disadvantage 
> given that my check is 00 or ten dahs on CW? Finally
> I decided to do a 
> simple estimate and it goes like this. Suppose my
> average sending speed is 
> 32WPM (I typically start at 35 and end up at 29 by
> the end) and let's 
> disregard the fills. Sending 00 takes 41 dots (from
> here on dot is the 
> amount of time to send a dit, dah is 3 dots, space
> between letters is 3 dots 
> and so on). Sending 78 (average length check) takes
> 31 dots and sending 55 
> (shortest check) takes 21 dots. Using "PARIS" as a
> typical word for this 
> estimate I get that there are 42 dots in a word and
> 3 extra dots for space, 
> a total of 45 dots. Therefore in a minute there are
> 32 words or 32*45 = 1440 
> dots, or one dot is 1/1440 minutes long. This means
> that in every exchange I 
> lose (41-31)*(1/1440) = 1/144 minutes compared to a
> check 78 and twice that 
> to check 55. Having made about 1200 contacts in the
> last two sweepstakes 
> this means that I spent 1200/144=8.3 extra minutes
> on sending long check 
> compared to an average operator and 16.6 extra
> minutes compared to a lucky 
> one. This roughly translates to 7 or 14 QSOs less
> given the average rates. I 
> am well aware that life is not fair (I do contest
> from the Pacific 
> Northwest), but am I being robbed?
> 
> 73, Denis - K7GK
> 
>
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