[CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?

[Ed K1EP]

What I don't get are those who send at warp speed, but pause a second or
two before sending the exchange. Same amount of time if you just eliminated
the pause and sent at non-warp speed.

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 23:41 K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
wrote:

> I'm of a keep it at the same speed style - I don't think the 300
> milliseconds one saves by sending 5NN at warp speed compensates for the
> other guy's brain having to shift gears to copy what I'm sending.
> I judge just how fast I'm sending by the nature of the pileup (assuming I
> have one!). The bigger the pileup, the safer it is to go fast, as it is
> quite likely the guy you're working just listened to your previous QSO and
> knows how to increment a number.
>
> Maybe not so much in serial number contests, but in a no-brain exchange
> contest (i.e. CQWW) sending on the fast side puts a sense of urgency for
> the other guy to call you now.
>
> And as a contest wears on, yes, sending somewhat slower is a good
> strategy. And if for some reason (hopefully other than you got spotted with
> a busted call) you do get a small pileup, go ahead and bump up the speed a
> bit.
>
>
> 73  -  Jim  K8MR
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
> To: cq-contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2019 9:58 pm
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Serial # contests, speed?
>
> For contests like RDX and WPX where the exchange is a serial #, do you:
>
>
>
> .      Go as fast as always. (34-36wpm) , risking your qso partner busting
> the #,but keeping rate high.
>
> .      Go a bit slower (30-32wpm), hoping the QRS improves the copy &
> reduces busted exchanges.
>
> .      Send everything just as fast as normal (whatever that speed is), but
> use brackets <<>> (a la N1MM) to slow down JUST the serial #
>
> .      Slow down only for obviously slow callers
>
> .      Something else?
>
>
>
> 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')
>
>
>
> Mike VE9AA
>
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