[CQ-Contest] Sweepstakes

[Dale Putnam]

Hi Zack,
  With this long an exchange, I like 25 - 28... but for those speed folks that insisted on calling at 35 - 40 should have been able to copy without repeats when I answered at their speed. However, that didn't happen but a couple of times... the general rule was the speed station would call in way fast.. then ask for repeats until the cows came home... and when I would slow a bit.. they wouldn't. So.. why should I repeat and repeat... ?? If I use the same theory as some.. they can get the exchange from the next time around... or the next.. or the next... I shouldn't have to repeat... and when I would slow down enough for them to copy... then they would qsl and that was that...
The repetition of that little drill was so  irritating. If I didn't log you... I'm probably responding to the fourth or fifth request for fills.. after a 5nn report. 

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Dale - WC7S in Wy

> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 12:15:35 -0600
> From: w9sz.zack at gmail.com
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Sweepstakes
> 
> Although I fit in with the "speed demons" I generally tried to answer
> others' CQ's at the same speed they were sending. My rig has a built-in
> keyer with a knob on the front for adjustment of keying speed. I have it
> down to where I know exactly where to set the knob without even thinking
> abut it.
> 
> I didn't try to run in this contest but when I do, I figure something in
> the vicinity of 25 wpm is a good speed to use. If someone responds to me at
> a speed very much different than that, either faster or slower, I'll adjust
> to his speed. I did work a few stations who were going about 15 wpm in SS
> this year.
> 
> 73, Zack W9SZ
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Scott Monks <scottmonks at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Zack (w9sz)
> > I had a limited amount of time for this one so I only made 163 QSO's but of
> > those, every station I worked sent his callsign in the exchange at the
> > proper point.
> > I followed the same routine throughout: (Call of station worked) TU (serial
> > #) (prec) (MY CALL) (ck) (sec)
> 
> 
> 
> > Well, I think you were pretty lucky!  I invested about 10 hours in this
> > (my first SS) and didn't make a single contact!!
> >
> > My cw speed is about 20wpm in a normal QSO, but with this style of
> > exchange my speed goes down to about 13wpm because of the numbers.  I
> > figured that I would go to the novice/tech section of the CW bands and work
> > some slower stations there and just enjoy myself, also figuring that the
> > high-speed cw people would hang out in the other areas, or at least give
> > some room to us slower ones.
> >
> > Was I stupid or what!?  Those portions of the band were wall-to-wall speed
> > mills who wouldn't even take my slower calls!  I would camp on one, copying
> > over and over until I had them down pat and know that their next serial
> > would be s I wouldn't mess it up, but no one would ever come back to my
> > calls!  I didn't hear a single person calling or answering at less than at
> > least 25+wpm except for one person who tried to finish sending his info and
> > a speedster just jumped right in on top of his exchange and began calling
> > the other station--I don't know if the slower station got his exchange or
> > not.  Finally I just gave up and went to the top of the band and did some
> > cw ragchewing.
> >
> > However, on the other topic, I did a LOT of copying during my 10 hrs. and
> > only heard stations giving their calls in EVERY exchange, although I might
> > have been listening to different operators.  I also heard the K7.. station
> > calling and calling and not answering anyone, and he was not the only one!
> >
> > Oh, well, on to the next contest--I have started practicing cw at 30wpm
> > now to get my receiving speed up although maybe even that isn't fast enough
> > for those speed-demons!
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Scott  AA0AA
> >
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