Very well stated Ted. Contesters who send at ridiculous speeds, futile, impresses no one. 30WPM is reasonable, but in excess, you think it improves your rate?
73 F5VJC On 28 November 2017 at 04:05, Dauer, Edward <eda...@law.du.edu> wrote: > Same here. I am an avid contester; but since the one time I did a clean > sweep in the SS a lifetime ago, I haven’t sent in a single log to a contest > sponsor. For me, the competition is me – can I do a one weekend WAS, or > closer to a clean sweep than I did last year? (Did that a couple of times, > but not lately.) Can I do a one weekend DXCC? (never did, but I might > someday.) Can I make my station, and my antenna farm (in truth, more like > a window planter than a farm) more effective and easier to operate this > year than last? Can I get my code proficiency up to the point that I can > QSO faster than I can type? (Yup, done that.) Can I integrate new > equipment and gadgets just to see if they help? Can I get Nebraska on ten > meter CW which I have been chasing unsuccessfully for a 5BWAS for almost > ten years? (If I had ever done that I wouldn’t have mentioned it.) > > Using a decoder would be contrary to what I am trying to do. Likewise, > relying on spotting, working lists, renting other peoples’ stations, > running full illegal power, etc. > > I don’t mean to disparage what anyone else does. I mean only to say that > contesting can be great fun despite what others are doing for their fun. > > With one exception. I would like to personally pour a beer on the head of > operators (many of them DX) who program their memory keyers to send just > their call at utterly incomprehensible speeds although every other part of > the exchange is at 30 – 35 or so. I waste a lot of time just trying to > figure out who and what they are; and never has one responded well to a > polite request to QRS. > > Ted, KN1CBR > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 25 > Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:51:27 -0800 (PST) > From: Hisashi T Fujinaka <ht...@twofifty.com> > To: Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcg...@blomand.net> > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Contest and Elecraft K3s decoder > Message-ID: <alpine.neb.2.21.9.1711271648300....@chris.i8u.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > I view contests as "an easy way to work DX" for me. I'm on a city lot > that's getting noisier and noisier and CQWW is a good time to find a > lot > of DX stations all on the air and willing to make a contact with this > guy with 100W into a vertical. > > Not that I got on this year for either contest. :) > > On Mon, 27 Nov 2017, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > > > I have refrained from working ANY and ALL contests for several years. > > For that and other reasons. I view contests today in the same > class as > > "road rage". > > > > 73 > > > > Bob, K4TAX > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to foxfive....@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
