[CQ-Contest] CW Speed in Sweepstakes

[Pete Smith]

Frankly, I found it much more common for people CQing at any moderate 
speed to be unable actually to handle information at that speed, so I 
tended to slow down *at least* to the CQing station's speed.  My guess 
is that the people who didn't were simply being careless.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 11/9/2011 10:03 AM, Bill wrote:
> According to Skimmer, I was CQing at an average speed of 25 WPM during
> Sweepstakes.  Most callers answered at or near my calling speed.  But, a
> not insignificant subset responded nearer 35 WPM, including when giving
> their exchange.  It seems like some callers assume that if you're running
> at 25 WPM you can copy faster than that.  I suspect, in general, that may
> very well be true, but maybe I'm just projecting.  And for whatever it's
> worth, I was not using my own call sign, but that of another amateur who
> probably never sends north of 18-20 WPM.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill/NG3K
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