[CQ-Contest] SS Musings...

[Mike N0HI]

I thought I heard evidence of quite a few code readers in this one.  "HI" 
(.... ..) sounds like HI to the human ear pretty easily, but the code 
readers all want to hear "SS" (... ...).  Worked a few who thought I was 
N0SS.  Add in some QRM and forget it!

--
Mike DeChristopher, N0HI
http://www.n0hi.net
telnet://cluster.n0hi.net



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings...


>I used my ears to copy CW just as I have for 43 years. I sent CW on a
> paddle. I'm not adverse to using a keyboard for sending CW (I just don't
> care to do it) but I will NOT use a machine to copy it. Did people 
> actually
> use code readers in this contest?
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Gerry Hull <gerry at yccc.org> wrote:
>
>> ... Though not a plan,   W1UE and myself, W1VE, were both very in SS. 
>> That
>> extra dit confused a lot of code readers and packet pileups!  Many times 
>> I
>> had to say "No, I'm NOT in your log" when S&P.
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