[UK-CONTEST] CQ WW CW operating techniques

[Chris G3SJJ]

I have similar thoughts Chris. I was doing a half-hearted 15m Single 
Band Unassisted effort after just about recovering from a bad chest 
infection, so had plenty of time to listen to operating techniques. 
CQWW  is a great contest and brings a lot of pre-contest activity as 
well so it is hard to criticise it.

What I did notice was that the speeding up rubbish seems to emanate from 
Eastern Europe. I sat listening in awe at RZ2AM CQing at 35wpm plus, 
with speeded up "test" and yet getting no replies until about the 6th or 
7th CQ! So why not slow down and send it all at the same speed? When 
eventually he did get a reply he sent 59 1B  !!! All to save a dot so 
that he could continue CQing at high speed!

Amazing the two stations on CT3 had different operating techniques. One 
doing it properly who I called, the other doing the Dit Dit thing 
instead of TU Call. Incredible that he had to insert CQs in now and then 
to be able to send his own callsign. Weird!!

Swing the beam to the States and all that nonsense disappears!!

73 Chris G3SJJ


Chris Tran GM3WOJ wrote:
> Hello all
>
> Thanks to everyone for the QSOs in CQ WW CW - I enjoyed this contest much 
> more than the SSB leg, despite poorer conditions.  If interested, see my 
> 3830 posting for GM7V SOAB HP Unassisted :
> http://lists.contesting.com/archives/html/3830/2009-11/msg02557.html
>
> Great to hear so much activity from Iceland - used to be difficult to work 
> TF/Zone 40 but very easy on most bands last weekend.
>
> Jim MM0BQI asked - do people want to be spotted ?  Yes please - every 10 
> minutes throughout the contest if possible - nowadays a lot of people seem 
> to have forgotten what their 'tuning' dial is for - you turn it and surprise 
> surprise you find a new station or new mult that you have not worked before 
> ! If you do this regularly, you start finding mults which have *not* been 
> spotted so you can work them much more easily and quickly.
>
> As GM7V was 100% unassisted last weekend, you really notice who the good 
> operators are and who the duds are - top marks to e.g. PJ4A for identifying 
> after every QSO almost - zero marks to V5/DJ4SO - I wasted 5 minutes waiting 
> for him to ID despite an eventual barrage of ??? from myself and many 
> others. Arrogant and counter-productive operating at its worst.  OK - rant 
> over.
>
> 73
> Chris   GM3WOJ / ZL1CT
>
>
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