[UK-CONTEST] 80M CC CW

[Douglas Maxwell]

Hi Chris,
    I use SD and am interested in what you term an "inherent design fault".
I've been reading the mail and believed this discussion was about contest
exchanges. The contest exchanges are completely configurable in SD as a
number of people have already pointed out to you. Have I missed something?

Doug
GM0ELP

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G3SJJ" <g3sjj at btinternet.com>
Cc: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 80M CC CW


> 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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