[UK-CONTEST] M0BEW - WAECW 2002

[Tim-M0BEW]

QTC's are made easier to rx if you are only expecting certain characters to
be sent.
1134 M0BEW 201

The first number in time can only ever be 0-2.
The third number in time can only ever be 0-5
After the first QTC has been received usually the following times will
either be the same or with a minute or so different.

I didn't take loads of QTC's but certainly noticed the same calls popping up
over and over again. That made it a little easier, plus the calls that were
popping up were the ones that were 40 over 9 and got sick of hearing when
tuning the band S&P. They get engraved into the memory.
I do remember though a particular Italian station showing up in the QTC's
using IM0 which threw me as it sounded similar to SM0. But it sank in
eventually.

Although most people were sending their QTC's at similar speeds, the
difference the various spacing, weighting and style made. Some were a breeze
and others were very hard work.

Tim-M0BEW.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Cooper Stewart" <coopers at odl.co.uk>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 11:06 AM
Subject: RE: [UK-CONTEST] M0BEW - WAECW 2002


> I would agree that the simulators (PED, RUFZ, etc) are one of the best
ways
> to increase CW ability, and (more importantly in my opinion) keyboard
> skills. I remember in an article by OH2BH a few years ago ("Contesting at
> the start of a New Millenium" in CQ, I think) he highlighted one of the
most
> important skills a proficient contester should have is computer keyboard
> 'usage' skills.
> I know, from experience at my work, that touch typing skills can be
learnt,
> even by those who have used two fingers for years.
> I have also noticed that when I did multi-multi WPX last year with the
local
> club at my place, the biggest problem the guys had wasn't operating the
> sometimes unfamiliar radios, it was actually using a keyboard. I have even
> seen two operators on one radio at NFD simply because one could send CW
and
> the other could type!
> It's a plain fact, that it doesn't matter how good your knowledge of
> propagation or CW skills are, if you can't type, you can't effectively log
> the QSOs. Added to this, I believe that familiarity with all the keyboard
> shorcuts in a logging program saves a hugh amount of brain power.
Especially
> at 0300z.
> (Just wish I could proctice what I preach!)
>
> Stewart
> GM4AFF
>
> Quote Trey HC8N:
> o Know the code.  50 WPM conversational is a nice milestone --
>   note:  don't try this at home with pencil and paper.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Sergeant [mailto:dsergeant at connectfree.co.uk]
> Sent: 14 August 2002 08:52
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] M0BEW - WAECW 2002
>
>
> On 13 Aug 2002 at 21:39, Donald Field wrote:
>
> > But for Ian, I'm afraid it's bad news. Like learning a language, Morse
> > seems to come most easily when you are young. Something to do with
> > pathways in the brain. Just as adults can rarely become totally fluent
> > in a new language (sounding like native speakers), so the younger you
> > learn Morse, the better.
>
> Well I learnt CW in my first year at University (1968) so not really
> that young.  But I taught myself touch typing somewhat earlier when I
> was 15 and have never regretted it.  Touch typing from CW however is
> slightly harder and it took me a little while before I could do that
> proficiently.
>
> Excellent for improving your CW copying and typing skills are the
> various contest/CW simulators (or 'stimulators') which are available.
> I quite like PED by JE3MAS
> (http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/softped.htm#PED, or elsewhere) which is
> a real contest simulator.  A true DOS program, but I have run it OK
> under Windows 98.  I find it more useful on computers without a sound
> card (when it defaults to the internal speaker) as the multi signal
> stereo simulations are a bit too realistic!
>
> The trick with PED is to set the speed to slightly faster than you
> can copy reliably - I have mine at 36wpm at present.  Set it too slow
> and you quickly get bored!  Excellent to pass the time when the hf
> bands are dead...
>
> The other one I have is RUFZ by DL4MM
> (http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/softrufz.htm), which was on show at last
> year's HF convention.  This just pumps callsigns at you which you
> have to copy correctly.  It increases the speed each time you copy
> correctly (and reduces if you make mistakes).  Unfortunately this
> means that it very rapidly goes far faster than you can copy, which
> for me is around 40wpm.
>
> I guess many of you on here can copy far faster than that anyway...
>
> Have fun
> 73s Dave G3YMC
>
> dsergeant at iee.org
> dsergeant at btinternet.com
> http://www.dsergeant.btinternet.co.uk
>
>
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