[UK-CONTEST] AFS

[Stewart Rolfe]

Nick Totterdell wrote:
> Chris wrote
>
> "Two things I won't do - speed my callsign up on CW because it might
> deter callers who find it irritating and leave out my callsign in the
> "TU G3SJJ" / Thanks G3SJJ message because I want callers to know who I
> am. Everything else is fair game."
>
> I agree, Chris, speeding up your callsign would be a little
> counterproductive! Talk of "speeding up" is not appropriate; I propose
> that the way forward is to "slow down" the bits that people actually
> have to read (callsign and exchange - particularly in contests such as
> the Ropoco series) but to send the other "noise" (5nn, test, tu, beru,
> etc.) at normal speed. :-)
>
> Nick G4FAL
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To me morse is about rhythm at whatever speed it is sent and I find all 
this speeding up and down stuff quite irritating - has anyone actually 
worked out how much time is saved using this 'technique'.......or rather 
how many extra contacts it produces?

Just wondering.....

Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF