[CQ-Contest] SS and other contests

John Unger w4au at verizon.net
Sun Nov 9 11:39:27 EST 2008


I seem to remember that a few (or many, >10 years since time seems to fly 
by so fast) years ago that some of the better contesters got together and 
operated unannounced in the CW sprint using not only paddles to send by 
hand but also using paper logging. Bottom line: they still finished at the top!

YMMV (Your Memory May Vary...)...

73 - John, W4AU


At 09:18 AM 11/9/2008, Tony Rogozinski wrote:
>QSL Bob except I was just suggesting (more or less tongue in cheek) that the
>major contests include a category
>for those who want to send cw by hand - or maybe - no computer, no packet,
>no memory keyer and call it
>the "purists" bracket. ;-)   Tongue in cheek again but not completely.
>
>Straight Key Night hardly fits what I was suggesting in the first message so
>I guess a few misunderstood or maybe
>their software wasn't programmed properly.  :-) again
>
>Tony    W4OI/HK7AR



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