[CQ-Contest] When is speed not speedy?

[Georgek5kg at aol.com]

John, 
 
The worst example of a serial number using cut numbers happened to me twice 
 in WPX.  I worked two different stations that sent four digit serial  
numbers ending in 50. Using a cut number for the "zero", the two different  
stations sent -- at a very high speed -- dit dit dit dit dit  dah.  I  copied 
this as a 4, but I knew instinctively that something didn't  feel right 
because of the extra space before the  ending dah.  I had to ask for many repeats 
before I finally got  it!  
 
BTW, I can easily copy something north of 40 wpm, so this was not  a case 
where the speed was over my head.  What was over my head was the cut  number 
for the "zero" a number 5.
 
My impression at the time was that these speed demon whiz kids  using their 
fancy-schmancy cut numbers had just wasted a bunch of my  time!
 
73, Geo...
 
George  Wagner, K5KG
Sarasota, FL 
941-400-1960 cell  

 
In a message dated 5/30/2013 6:29:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
john at kk9a.com writes:

I think  if you are calling CQ at 20 wpm people should answer you at that
speed. If  they call you at a much higher speed it is just rude. If you
call someone,  they assume that you were already able to copy their
callsign and that you  would be able to copy the report and recognize your
callsign at their  speed. You probably already heard the report that they
gave to the station  before you so you should already have some idea what
to expect. I think it  is unrealistic to expect a running station to match
the speed of every  caller.

I also do not like cut numbers when I am expecting a serial  number,
especially when it is sent as a mixture of real numbers and cut  ones. Many
logging programs will make the conversion if you type the  appropriate
letter.

John, P40A last weekend



To:   CQ-Contest Reflector  <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject:[CQ-Contest] When is speed not  speedy?
From:    Charles Harpole  <hs0zcw at gmail.com>
Date:    Mon, 27 May 2013 19:35:27  +0700

When is high speed CW not speedy?
Answer, when sending to me  well beyond my SENDING SPEED of 20 WPM.  I
worked the whole contest at  20wpm sending and rcving (I can do that speed
well and remember when it was  considered fast?), lots as H&P so the other
station already knew my  speed because I called him at 20.

He sends four numeral S.N. at 40wpm,  so I have to ask for THREE repeats,
one for each of the last three  numerals.  If, like good ops of old, he just
came down to 20, no  repeats and no delays and no cursing me under his
breath.

I guess  some programs are difficult to adjust speed or maybe "real"
contesters are  just arrogant???   My radios have a speed knob right  on
front.

I bet that without RBN and code readers, the speed demons  would not be able
to run like that.   BTW, by sending 5NN at  70wpm followed by the SN at 40
keeps even the smartest code readers missing  the first few numbers as it
re-times from 70 down to 40.

I copied  the "cut numbers" as letters and plan to send in a log that way.
When will  ops begin to use cut numbers inside their call signs too?... I
used E2E,  and guess I could have signed EAE.
Also, when my friend can win his  category for Asia and not know code,
really, something is wrong with  contesting and respect for and satisfaction
with human  achievement.

Oh, have my smart phone tell me when the next contest is  over and how my
new, 80wpm, fully automated station did in  scores.   73,
-- 
Charly, HS0ZCW ... this time instead as  E2E... and watched all those hi
speed ops cope with that, hee  hee.

See Steef note here  also.


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