[CQ-Contest] Improper WPX Exchanges

[Peter Voelpel]

It´s the same common sense with dx expeditions, they always give 59 to make
a qso valid?

73
Peter
 

-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Paul O'Kane
Sent: Montag, 31. März 2008 16:51
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Improper WPX Exchanges

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve London" <n2icarrl at gmail.com>

<snip>

> and let's say that speaking "five-nine" adds 1 second to each QSO. 
> That gave you an extra 2547 seconds of operating time, compared to an 
> equivalent station/operator who sent the signal report with every QSO. 
> Using your average rate of 98 QSOs/hour, that gave you 70 extra QSO's.

SSB contesters know that it pays to speak fast.  I'm a casual contester and
even I can say "five-nine" three times a second - especially when I do it
properly as "fini" where each syllable rhymes with "pie".

By not mindlessly repeating "fini" 2547 times, 4O3A could save the time to
work an extra 24 QSOs.

> A few contesters on this list will applaud your ingenuity.

It's not ingenious.  It's common sense.

73,
Paul EI5DI
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