[UK-CONTEST] Re 1 CW Sending speed

[Ken Chandler]

Hi Chris et al
Yes a very interesting thread, I for one like to keep my speed  
constant depending on condx. In the LZ contest last weekend my speed  
on 15m was 34wpm...ish,  condx were great and the VK's and W"s were  
storming in.
I have problems with copy on slow Morse due to my tinitus which was  
not caused via radio,  but firearms induced hearing lose.
With white noise (tinitus) running from say  1-10  mine is 7! Slow  
code is a problem. However fast code is not a problem and I'm very  
happy at the higher speeds under all condx and bands. However, I  
always respond to QRS pse.
In CC my speed is 26wpm....ish

These days you don't have to know the code to work a station even  
running 50wpm. Where I live we have a G8 who uses the cluster and  
decoding software in contests and for working DX traffic,!!
I have tried to get the staion away from running software and join my  
Morse classes but he's happy with software decoding.

While I'm on the subject of decoding software, I have suspected for  
sometime that stations who cause qrm etc on dx freq. Cannot actually  
copy the code as they are using software to decode the dx staion, of  
course the cluster will be used as a tool to meet their goal!

Ken...G0ORH

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On 25 Nov 2009, at 08:44, "Chris Tran GM3WOJ" <zl1ct1 at gm7v.com> wrote:

> Hello Chris et al
>
> Please don't give up on 160m and please don't give up on calling
> higher-speed CW stations !  My original question is just really  
> asking if
> sending more slowly is actually beneficial on 160/80 or whether  
> contesters
> have got into a habit ?
>
> My personal opinion is that if a slower-speed station calls a higher- 
> speed
> station, this implies that the slower-speed station is happy to at  
> least
> attempt to make the QSO at the higher speed. When my CW copying  
> ability was
> slower, I used to listen for a minute or two to make sure that I had  
> the
> callsign and/or expected next serial number correct - if I had this
> information then I didn't really expect the faster station to slow  
> down for
> me. If the high speed station thinks that their callsign or exchange  
> has not
> been copied correctly for some reason, they will slow down and make  
> repeats
> of course.  Most stations can copy their own callsign when sent much  
> faster
> than they usually copy. Contesters and DX stations often speed up
> deliberately to thin out pile-ups temporarily (or maybe this doesn't  
> work so
> well nowadays?)
>
> One point worth making is that CC events are intended as 'starter  
> contests'
> where newcomers are exposed to some of the techniques (good and  
> bad!) which
> are used in the major contests. The CQ WW CW contest this coming  
> weekend is
> a great opportunity for everyone to work CW at whatever speed they are
> comfortable with - just don't expect the other stations to slow down
> significantly. (BTW the fastest operating I've heard recently was  
> 3V9A in
> WPX CW earlier this year - he was sending at about 50wpm and even  
> then there
> were dozens of stations calling him)
>
> 73
> Chris   GM3WOJ / ZL1CT
>
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