[CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?

[rjairam at gmail.com]

Automatically have software go slower to send the exchange.

73
Ria, N2RJ

On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 at 21:58, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
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> For contests like RDX and WPX where the exchange is a serial #, do you:
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> .       Go as fast as always. (34-36wpm) , risking your qso partner busting
> the #,but keeping rate high.
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> .       Go a bit slower (30-32wpm), hoping the QRS improves the copy &
> reduces busted exchanges.
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> .       Send everything just as fast as normal (whatever that speed is), but
> use brackets <<>> (a la N1MM) to slow down JUST the serial #
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> .       Slow down only for obviously slow callers
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> .       Something else?
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> Inquiring minds.
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> I don't want to skew the results, so I won't say (yet) what I do. (and who
> knows if what I do is even 'right')
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> Mike VE9AA
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> Mike, Coreen & Corey
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> Keswick Ridge, NB
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