[SESprint] K4AAA CW Sprint Audio

[Jim White, K4OJ]

very cool

OJ


Bill Fisher, W4AN wrote:

>>* Not as much two-ear listening in the first 15 minutes. I had imagined 
>>Bill kept one ear on one radio and one ear on the other the entire 
>>contest. Not so. Much of the time he's got both ears on one radio -- even 
>>times he's just listening to the sidetone. That surprised me. But it 
>>doesn't take him any time to get his bearings on that second rig -- 
>>sometimes it's just for a second or two.
>>    
>>
>
>
>The CW Sprint is a much different contest than SS or CQWW.  I can listen
>to 2-radios in those contests nearly the entire time.  It is generally
>very slow in comparison.  On the other hand, the Sprint is fast, and there
>is a fair amount of data to copy correctly.  On top of that, you aren't
>just tuning for callsigns in the Sprint.  If I only hear "JOHN GA", I know
>who it is.  You probably would also.  But what about "DAVE TX" ?   Your
>brain has to move fast to peice these bits together.  
>
>N6ZZ is doing an article on this past Sprint.  We are analyzing several
>Sprint tapes and taking data from them.  It is actually quite
>interesting.  Here is a snippet of mine:
>
>0045 - 0059  Zulu
>                                20      40
>                                ---     ---
>CQs Answered                    6	5  
>CQs Failed                      6	11 
>Called - QSO                    8	0
>Called - Failed                 3	0 
>Called Me After QSO             2	0
>
>0100 - 0114 Zulu
>				20	40
> 				---	---
>CQs Answered			2	3
>CQs Failed			10	12
>Called - QSO			6	6
>Called - Failed			2	0
>Called Me After QSO		4	3
>
>0115 - 0129 Zulu
>                                20      40
>                                ---     ---
>CQs Answered                    11      5  
>CQs Failed                      14	7
>Called - QSO                    3	4 
>Called - Failed                 0	1 
>Called Me After QSO             0	1
>
>CQ Answered - I called CQ or some type of solicitation of QSO.  Many times
>this was just 'NA K4AAA'.
>
>Called Me After QSO - Only if they called me without my sending anything.
>
>To me, it is interesting to see how many QSOs result from CQing.  I used
>to think of this contest as purely S&P.  Heck, just 2 years ago I hardly
>ever called CQ and still made 350 QSOs once.  
>
>It is also interesting to see how few QSOs come from stations calling me
>right after a QSO.  
>
>I have N6TR's audio here, but haven't had any time to review it.  I'm
>hoping we can post some of this audio somewhere for everyone to
>review.  I'll be putting more of mine up soon.
>
>73
>
>Bill
>
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