[SCCC] High Speed CW Contesting Comments Solicited
Doug Brandon N6RT
n6rt at dabware.com
Mon Oct 18 21:14:05 PDT 2010
Hi Bob,
Sorry for the delay, but better late than never. Contesters come in
one of two categories, casual and competitive. The bottom line is
the faster you can make QSOs, the higher your score is likely to
be. Any good contester who is CQing at high speed and has a station
call in at a much lower speed should slow down as a courtesy. I know
I do. Most serious competitors will purposely slow down their CQs
periodically to attract the more casual contester who may not be a speed demon.
Keep up the good work, practice makes perfect!
73 de Doug, N6RT
Bob NC6Q wrote:
>As a relatively new contester, I have posted to this group several times,
>thinking my "neophyte" comments would help other neophyte contesters not
>feel alone with their frustrations. I guess it comes from the
teacher in me.
>Specifically, I've commented on how difficult it's been for me to make CW
>Contest QSOs with those operators sending at speeds higher than I can copy.
>
>I've been practicing diligently, almost daily, for several years now, and
>just this week I've started to "feel comfortable" copying at 25 wpm. Wow! A
>cool feeling! A few letters are still problematic, but I feel I've hit some
>sort of milestone this week. And, I plan to go as far as I can--30, 35,
>higher? I want to be one of those QRQ guys too. I really like this stuff.
>
>I would like to hear from some of you who do operate CW contests at
>"higher" speeds, 30, 35 + wpm. You must do it because there's a
>pay-off. Besides
>it just "feeling good," there must be other rewards, that keep it going. Can
>you actually work a whole contest only working other high speed ops? Are
>there that many CW operators out there? I'd like to know. And I hope you'd
>say "yes," because that would perhaps bode well for the future of CW. Do
>many people ask you to QRS? What percentage would you say? Any
other thoughts
>on this topic?
>
>I would sincerely like to hear comments on this from the perspective of ops
>who do operate CW contests at
>"high" speed. It seems we just don't hear or read about things like that.
>Thanks very much.
>
>73,
>Bob Grubic, NC6Q
>Signal Hill, CA
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