[UK-CONTEST] UK Team progress in WRTC

[Ed -- GW3SQX]

Yes, I guessed R37M from hearing Dave's voice on 40m SSB --  
a triumph for speech processing, perhaps!  What a great 
effort from Dave and Andy -- is this the UK's best yet?

I didn't work all of the WRTC stations by a long chalk, but 
one of the best CW operators was R36K.  Two of the less good 
on CW were R34W and R33Q.  Still, it's hard when you are 
running 100w from a lowish beam, competing with a "kilowatt" 
not too far away with beams up 30m plus.  I agree with Clive 
about CW sending speed -- anything above about 34 wpm is 
counter-productive.

73,

Ed, GW3SQX


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From: "Fred Handscombe" <fredch57 at emirates.net.ae>
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 1:45 PM
To: "Clive Whelan" <clive.whelan at btinternet.com>
Cc: "UK-Contest" <UK-Contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] UK Team progress in WRTC

> Team UK was R37M
>
> 73 Fred A65BD
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Clive Whelan" <clive.whelan at btinternet.com>
> Cc: "UK-Contest" <UK-Contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 4:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] UK Team progress in WRTC
>
>
>>
>> Be nice now to know the callsigns now. My only possible 
>> clue to the UK
>> boys was someone who finished our QSO with FB, but that 
>> might be wishful
>> thinking! Can't even remember the R3 call now, they are 
>> so anonymous. I
>> certainly know it wasn't one of those sending 599 at 300 
>> wpm!
>>
>> Who got the short straw with the call ending in Q!!
>>
>> Incredibly one of them told me "QSO b4" which was 
>> garbage. Can you
>> imagine one of that calibre of op. refusing dupes in run 
>> mode?
>>
>> otoh The copying ability was pretty good at 33wpm. I 
>> found  almost
>> nobody gave me the GW3<silence> routine I often get from 
>> ops who just
>> can't copy in their head at the speed they're sending . 
>> OK one or two
>> messed up one letter or so, but that was on 15m where 
>> they were <S5 so
>> at 33wpm the rapid cognition was excellent. I suppose 
>> we'd expect that
>> of course but it was nice.
>>
>> Do you think they're on the caviar and vodka by now?
>>
>>
>> 73
>>
>>
>> Clive
>> GW3NJW
>>
>>
>>