Bill W4ZV wrote:
If you were answered 4L0A at 15-18 WPM, he would have completed 2 QSOs by
the time you finished signing your call twice! And you would have been
QRMing everyone else in the process. He was sending at 32-34 WPM and his
canned exchange sped up to ~50 WPM (i.e. "ENN AU" for 599 21). And this was
on 160 meters no less!
I always slow down to the speed of guys that call me but a very slow caller
answering a speedy op in a big pileup is simply a QRM generator who
shouldn't be there.
That sounds a bit harsh, Bill!
The best thing to do is just to listen to the guy for a while. He is repeating the same
thing over and over -- especially in this contest -- and ultimately you will get it. This
is good practice; after a while you get used to it and will be able to get the calls and
zone the first or second time.
It's a lot harder to copy traffic at high speed than to pick out a call that is being sent
over and over.
--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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