[UK-CONTEST] 80M CC CW

[G3SJJ]

Andy, I think your comments are interesting and highlight the point I 
made. There is an inherent design fault in SD which is promulgating an 
operating technique contrary to that which is accepted and proven as a 
logical and simples. This is becoming so common with UK operators that 
people such as yourself subconciously adopting it. It's a bit like the 
old glottal stop. "I went to my "mow a" to get a "shoo a"" Eastender 
talk? Not now, you can get with a Liverpudlian dialect!

Your reasoning is also correct, but surely that is just a starting 
point. Like you say the whole point of contesting is self-improvement. 
Test and measure - to coin a marketing phrase. Now you have participated 
in this discussion you will be prepared for the next time. So give it a 
whirl. You will realise that your point A) is invalid since you will 
have already listened to the CQer and therfore have already confirmed 
that you have his callsign correct. Surely you don't require him to do 
that for you? Your point B) can be validated by judging the the timing. 
Isn't this how we often work a DX station in the pile-up. I know at 
least two of my 3Y0X QSOs were done by that method. They are there in 
his log to prove it!

What would be wrong is if you ignored all this discussion and carried on 
regardless using the same reasoning. This would be against the 
self-improvement environment you have entered.

And by the way, I did enjoy myself, I did some high rate running, some 
S&P on the second VFO, some S&P on the main VFO, used canned messages, 
used my external keyer, learnt more about Enter Sends Message technique 
(and cocked it up a few times), exchanged names, even conveyed a quick 
message to F5VHC that I would be over in Limoge in April.

Like others have said though, it is a competitive event, not an English 
Sunday afternoon cricket match.

More tea, vicar?     Chris G3SJJ




Andy Hamon wrote:

>Chris
>
>Thanks for the CW contesting master class ;-)
>
>I admit to being one of the "heathens" that sent your call with the  
>report.
>I cannot blame it on software or the fact that I am a novice, it was  
>my own choice.
>The reasoning being:
>
>a. To confirm that I had copied the call correctly
>b. To make it clear that I am responding to you not the M3 station in  
>the noise 500 Hz away.
>
>If this is "not proper" then I apologise for causing offence and  
>slowing your rate.
>
>Looking at contesting in the wider context, it means different things  
>to different people. There are those who must win at any cost (we  
>generally know who they are) and there are those who just want  
>personal improvement. Some of us accept that we will never be trophy  
>winners or on the DXCC Honor Roll but strive for personal improvement  
>(make a few more QSOs than last time / a few more mults / improve  
>understanding of propagation) or just give a few points to our  
>friends / fellow club members. The Club Championships are meant to be  
>friendly contests, let's leave the "pistols at dawn" for Field Day or  
>CQWW.
>
>If we were all adhering to the "Industry standard" (how I detest that  
>term) and "do the right thing", then most of today's "elite"  
>contesters would very quickly become the "also ran" category!
>
>The "hobby" of contesting allows the very worst to compete with the  
>very best. How many athletic sports allow club athletes to compete in  
>the Olympics? With all the segregation and ranking systems in these  
>"hobbies", the elite still make a real hash of it.
>
>Please remember it is a hobby and meant to be an enjoyable pass-time  
>not a chore.
>
>
>73 and flame-proof suit at the ready.
>
>Andy, GU4WTN
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