[CQ-Contest] CW Speed in Sweepstakes

[Jack/W6NF]

The skimmers showed me running 21-23 wpm...pretty accurate. When called by
someone at a slower speed I *always* slow down, in one case to 14wpm...easy
to do with N1MM Logger. In that case the station sent me a single digit
number.

It makes no sense to maintain speed for the sake of rate if you stand the
chance of scaring off someone who may well be an SS newbie. The contest
population is greying too rapidly for us not to be helpful to the new blood
that we so desperately need!

73,


On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Timothy Coker <n6win73 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I get the same response throughout the contests. I can't head copy past
> 25-28 wpm... so I run at 22-25 wpm. Most guys will call in at around 25 wpm
> and I do ok at making it through the QSO without messing it up for them
> (I'm not a cw guy, but I like using the contests to get better). The guys
> who call in at well over my running speed usually end up slowing down for
> me after 2-3 rounds... I am now left wondering why they don't just turn
> down their keyer speed to accommodate my lack of head copy speed on the
> first call? After all, I am advertising that I am not that darned good at
> this yet by running slower and usually higher in the band...
>
> It's no different than me slowing down my pronunciation during a SSB
> contest for the guys who are obviously not as quick as me there...
>
> 73,
>
> Tim / N6WIN.
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:03 AM, Bill <Bill at ng3k.com> 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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Jack, W6NF
Silver Springs, NV