Topband: slow speed contester

[k6xt]

Brian
Contesters want to work everyone. No sane contester is going to ask why 
anyone enters. Get in there and enjoy yourself! If it takes a few tries 
to copy a call because they're speedy, that's OK.

Another thing contesters want is new contesters. Myself I try to 
remember to slow down the keyer when responding to slow CW, thinking 
maybe the other fellow hasn't yet mastered the higher speeds. Just like 
me when I started out. Nobody's born with it.

Similarly, contesters want their information to be copied the first 
time. Repeats are expensive time-wise. Another good reason to slow down 
to near the speed of the caller.

Choose your calls wisely and you'll have a ball. The main thing is to 
jump in!

While you're thinking about code speed please check out the CW Ops 
organization, cwops.org. CW Ops has a "CW Academy" whose purpose is to 
mentor folks at any level who want to improve CW speed and accuracy.

The next 3 weekends are filled with CW contesting. Enjoy!

-- 
73 Art K6XT~~
Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.

Brian wrote:
  Hi Folks:

   I'm a slow CW op (less than 10 WPM). Would it be worth my time to
participate, or will my slow speed slow down other stations and while I add
to the QRM?

   73

   Brian, KD6NRP