[CQ-Contest] cw speed

[K9MA]

I wonder about others busting the running station's call. Even at modest 
speeds, I frequently get logged as K0MA, etc. I don't think the log 
checkers penalize you if it's something close, at least not in most 
contests.  Maybe that's why high speed sending proves productive. 
Perhaps the rules should require the calls to be logged correctly at 
both ends.

Regardless of that, I can see absolutely no senses in calling CQ at high 
speed late in a contest when few callers are coming back.

73,
Scott K9MA

On 12/3/2023 5:54 PM, dave pkministrywebs.com wrote:
> One more thought regarding the possibility of more NIL penalties etc..
>
> During the CQWW CW using N4IQ @W7WZ, I ran for 2.5 hours at 38-40 wpm non-stop and was able to maintain accuracy. The higher the speed doesn’t always equal more errors/penalties or NILs.
>
> Increasing my speed equals a higher Q rate and that’s what it’s all about.
>
> 73 Dave WN4AFP
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> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] cw speed
>
> Martin-
> I have often wondered the same thing. Here are my guesses as to what they
> are thinking-
> 1. They assume that most ops, especially the casual ones, are using some
> sort of call history program to auto-fill the exchange.
> 2. They assume that the majority of these "slower" ops are using the DX
> clusters and Skimmers to provide the call signs and the frequencies.
> 3. They figure that for the small percentage of ops that are running
> unassisted and who can't copy the speed they are sending at, the small
>      number of contacts they would gain by sending slower and capturing
> those qso's would not be justified by the resulting reduction in their
>      rate over the course of an entire contest.
>
> My guesses would probably not be applicable to a contest like WAE or ARRL
> Sweepstakes where there is more information than just a zone
> or a state to be copied in the exchange.
>
> Your question is a good one.
>
> Tom
> K0SN
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 10:21 AM Martin Sellschopp<m.sellschopp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> what is the advantage of sending cw at speeds which are most likely beyond
>> the capability of most cw operators ?  Isn't a run station hoping for
>> replies also from the occasional contester ? Or do most operators now use
>> decoders able to take any speed ?
>> I helped myself with the callsigns from the cluster. In the cqwwdx contest
>> that's ok as the zone is known  and hopefully I realise that he is replying
>> to me.
>>
>> I can copy  callsigns and exchange well up to 30 WPM and a bit more and set
>> my run speed to 22 WPM hoping for the quick guys to slow down a bit.
>>
>> Martin
>> DK3UW
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