QRQ ?
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Kevin. KD5ONS
-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Hammond <n...@embarqmail.com>
>Sent: Aug 7, 2009 6:45 PM
>To: dw <bw...@fastmail.fm>, elecraft@mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Off-Topic: CW sending vs. receiving speed
>
>Hi Duane:
>
>>Is it logical to assume that a person's CW sending speed approximates
>>their copy speed?
>>
>>I can't help but assume this, and so when I call CQ and get a return
>>caller sending at half the speed which I called or sending extreme
>>farnsworth, I almost always lower my speed in order to be considerate.
>
>In general, yes. One should assume that if a station calls "CQ" at x-WPM,
>he is soliciting a reply at or near that speed.
>
>Likewise if you call "CQ" at 20 WPM you would normally expect to get a
>reply at somewhere around that speed.
>
>However... there are those (and I currently have one in my Advanced CW class)
>who can readily copy 20-22 WPM, but who are still learning to send 'clean' CW
>with a keyer, BUT they can send decent 13 WPM CW with a straight key.
>
>I ALWAYS try to match my speed to that of the other guy, regardless of his
>sending speed. Sometimes that means that we have a 45-minute 15 WPM QSO,
>only to find at the 45th minute that he actually can send/copy 50 WPM and
>for some odd reason he just chose to send 15 WPM when he answered my CQ...
>So we just had a QRS QSO when we could have held it at a much higher speed
>which would have still suited both of us... <G>
>
>IF you have any reason to believe that the other guy can send/receive at a
>higher speed, you can always ASK him if he's able to send/copy faster.
>I also have (several) students who can send (decent CQ) at a speed faster
>than they can copy. They won't speed up their sending unless asked to do so
>and if asked, they tell the other guy to please NOT increase his speed to them
>faster than they can copy (but 'pressing' their copy is good for them, to
>some extent).
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>73,
>
>Tom Hammond N0SS
>
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