[CQ-Contest] Another grip..... Slow down!

[john at kk9a.com]

If it was detrimental to their score, they would not be doing it. As long as
they ID frequently and do not respond at 35-40 WPM to someone calling CQ at
30 WPM, I do not see anything to gripe about. Kudos to the very talented CW
ops!

John KK9A


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Subject:	[CQ-Contest] Another grip..... Slow down!
From:	Mike Ritz <w7vo at comcast.net>
Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2016 16:01:50 +0000 (UTC)

I am constantly amazed how some stations, especially in EU and the Caribbean

seem to think that CW contests are High Speed Telegraphy tests! They don't 
realize it, but it HAS to be detrimental to their score, unless there are 
enough stations that can decode 35-40 WPM that it doesn't matter to them.
What 
they don't realize is that the fast stations, especially ones with a lot of 
dits, are often going to be copied wrong in the logs, but also will be
spotted 
with the wrong callsign as well! I can't tell you how many times I saw 6Y1D 
spotted as BY1D, but it was spotted much more often wrong more than right,
so 
that has to be an issue for then 

Picking out an EI, or S5 station out of the polar flutter is hard enough.
Slow 
down a few WPM, and watch rates and accuracy actually improve! 

73; 

Mike, W7VO