[CQ-Contest] SS Musings...

[n4zr at comcast.net]

Maybe he did, Zack, or maybe he had just worked someone really slow and had forgotten to kick his speed back up before he called CQ. 



73, Pete N4ZR 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz.zack at gmail.com> 
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com> 
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:57:59 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Musings... 

I heard one station calling CQ at about 25 wpm and I answered at 
approximately the same speed. He came back to me at about 40 wpm (which is 
fine - I can copy to about 50 or 55 wpm). Out of curiosity, I waited to see 
if he did that for anyone else. He didn't. 

Maybe he knew I could copy at that speed? 
:-) 

73, Zack W9SZ 

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:02 PM, <Aldewey at aol.com> wrote: 

> I am perfectly fine with guys calling me at the speed they are comfortable 
> with.  I almost always slow down when they do this which is fine.  I spend 
> a 
> lot of time with the ALT F9 and ALT F10 keys during SS and other contests. 
> 
> However, there is one related thing that really bugs me.  I'll never 
> understand why QRP stations feel I will copy them better if they slow way 
> down. 
> Some even feel, because they are QRP, it is best to send everything twice. 
>  I 
> have found that there is a lot less chance of some crud taking out part of 
> their transmission if they send at a normal speed.  I am actually more 
> likely to miss something if they are sending slow.  More importantly, I 
> cross my 
> fingers that nobody is going to steal my run freq. when I am copying a QRP 
> station who has decided to slow way down. 
> 
> I truly admire the QRP stations.  But, please, don't feel obligated to QRS 
> just because you are QRP. 
> 
> 73, 
> 
> Al, K0AD 
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