[SCCC] Ohio QSO Party

Mon Aug 30 13:19:14 PDT 2010

> I think W9RE runs a 20-25 wpm
sprint practice on Thursdays before the NS Ladder.

Tks Art! Actually,  slower, 18-26 wpm as session progresses from start at
0200Z for 20-25 mins (around 14040, 7040, 3540). But slower speeds are also
welcome as stations learn the Sprint QSY format. As ops progress in their CW
skills, they can move up to the Ladder series  (and NCCC-Sprints when no
ladder is in progress) starting at 0230 Z (same bands + 160).  Good training
also for NCJ NA CW Sprints.

73 Bill n6zfo
Contest Director for NCCC Sprint Ladder.

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Art - W6KY <w6ky at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Worked 33 unique Qhio party goers on 20 on Saturday..
> Also a bunch of KS party goers...
>
> Can't agree with any kind of CW speed limitations. That
> would be like telling Olympic ice skaters to ony do
> double lutz because everyone can't do triples. Most of
> the CW contest winners are sending high speed. Most
> contest ask slower stations to go high in the CW band.
> In S&P mode, when I get to the high end I always
> sow down to call a 20-25 wpm station or I'll also call
> CQ at that speed high in the band.
>
> When someone like K7SS is sending 45 wpm you might
> have to listen to a cpl of QSO's before you call him to have
> the exchange 'pre-copied'.
>
> Maybe there should be contest that limit the speed to 20 wpm,
> but never the major contest. I think W9RE runs a 20-25 wpm
> sprint practice on Thursdays before the NS Ladder.
>
> Last,  PSE QRS  always works for me. I'll match anyone's speed
> (slower that is  hi hi )...
>
> 73, Art  W6KY
> www.w6ky.com
> 32 DAYS 20 HOURS TILL CQP
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "RGrubic at aol.com" <RGrubic at aol.com>
> To: sccc at contesting.com
> Sent: Sun, August 29, 2010 10:55:05 AM
> Subject: [SCCC] Ohio QSO Party
>
> Ohio QSO Party, Saturday, August 28, 2010
>
> Call: NC6Q
> Operator(s): NC6Q
> Station: NC6Q
>
> Class: Single  Op LP
> QTH: CA
> Operating Time (hrs): 10
>
> Summary:
> Band   QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
> 160:
> 80:
> 40      3
>   20:    11
> 15:
> 10:
> -------------------
> Total:    14    10      Total  Score = 280
>
> All CW
>
> Club: Southern California Contest Club
>
> Antenna: multi-band  dipole in the attic (of a condo)   :(
>
>
> Comments:
>
> Did about the same as I have done in the past from Panama. The "party" is
> definitely for the Ohioans. Outsiders are just temporarily invited. They're
> the  ones having the party. (I'm definitely looking forward to the
> California QSO  Party again in October.) I did work into my home county of
> Lorain
>
> County  this time though. Didn't know the guy, but it felt good though.
>
> Conditions mean a lot. When they're all dead, they're all dead. It's
> interesting though just sitting there on frequency (20m: 14.045) listening
> to
> propagation change as the Ohio QSO Party, the Kansas QSO Party, and the
> Hawaii
> QSO Party came in and out over the course of a couple hours at a time. The
> KQP  was easy to recognize from the OQP. The KQP used signal reports so
> everyone was  599, while the OQP used serial numbers.
>
> I think I enjoyed preparing for this contest more than I did "working" it.
> Actually got a lot done ahead of time. I made improvements in my  station
> and in my logging arrangement. Didn't log too many. Had the N3FJP  software
> able to key my transmitter for the first time. Used some of the F-keys  for
> this, but, big deal! It still comes down to being able to copy  the
> exchange
> and enter it correctly. Sending is a piece of cake.
>
> This year I ran into too many guys calling CQ at 35+wpm. (The slower guys
> might not have had big enough stations to get through in poor  conditions.)
> Though I could make out the counties with a strong enough  signal, I
> noticed
> my copying of (serial) numbers was lagging. (Have to improve  on that.)
> Which makes me wonder, if the guys calling CQ at 35+ wpm with NO  TAKERS,
> know
> how many other hams are listening and trying to copy his  info when he
> does.
> He'd probably work more stations if he'd just slow down to 25  wpm
> consistently. Put poor conditions on top of that, and the QSO just doesn't
>  get
> made. I passed on a number of stations because it was just discouraging to
>  even
>
>
> try.
>
> Maybe to boost CW participation in contests, as an experiment, one (new)
> contest ought to be set up with a speed limitation. There are rules for
> everything (rovers, power, time off, spotting, etc), why not speed in wpm?
> Just
>
>
> have everyone set their keyer or computer for 20 wpm (max), and see what
> happens. Slower speeds would be okay too. I wonder how the participation
> would be. You could even ask entrants to fill out a questionnaire and get
> feedback on it. I wonder if this has been tried before. Maybe some of the
> "experienced" contesters out there might remember. I hear the Novice
> Roundup
> used to come close to something like this.
>
> Oh, I'm not discouraged by this. It just makes me want to practice more! hi
> hi
>
> It's also interesting to discuss it and analyze it too. All part of the
> hobby.
>
> 73,
> Bob,  NC6Q
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