Re: [Elecraft] QRP and Contesting

Definitely agree. I regularly operate in the CWops CWT activity at 0300z, which is 0500 local time for me in the winter. I am limited at that time to 40m (I don't have an antenna for 80/160 and the higher bands are deader than a doornail). The majority of my contacts at that hour are with

[Elecraft] Good Natured Contesting Advice

On 11/9/2022 5:12 PM, j...@kk9a.com wrote: One final comment regarding dupes. The contesting club to which I belong has a mantra: "work all dupes!" There is no penalty, but there is the possibility that one op or both busted a QSO, so the second one is insurance. Just work 'em. you might take

Re: [Elecraft] QRP and Contesting

In the presences of a lot of background noise (as on 160m) slower speeds can sometimes improve readability.  Your ear/brain benefits from being able to integrate the tone over the noise.  Some years ago I did some experiments with that here: http://www.ab7e.com/weak_signal/mdd.html  

Re: [Elecraft] QRP and Contesting

* On 2022 09 Nov 17:32 -0600, Jim Brown wrote: > On 11/9/2022 3:18 PM, j...@kk9a.com wrote: > > Al, if you called CQ at 30WPM and they answered at 45WPM and you had to ask > > for repeats, you are not the lid! > > In my experience, the greatest abuse of wildly excessive sending speed has > been

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Re: [Elecraft] QRP and Contesting

This is all good contesting advice Mike, especially regarding working dupes. Thanks for the SS QSO, John KK9A Mike Dodd N4CF wrote: I'll toss in my two cents I have fair-to-middlin' CW skills, and I've operated a lot of CW contests. I was surprised and disappointed to hear so many

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Re: [Elecraft] K3 doesn't receive at power up

And I did have this done as well, but for a different issue. -- 73 de Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!" > On Nov 9, 2022, at 4:01 PM, Keith Trinity WE6R wrote: > > It could be tin pin oxidation on the KREF3 and/or Front panel pins. > Loose and shove back on the connectors to

Re: [Elecraft] K3 doesn't receive at power up

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Re: [Elecraft] QRP and Contesting

On 11/9/2022 6:18 PM, j...@kk9a.com wrote: Al, if you called CQ at 30WPM and they answered at 45WPM and you had to ask for repeats, you are not the lid! I'll toss in my two cents I have fair-to-middlin' CW skills, and I've operated a lot of CW contests. I was surprised and disappointed

Re: [Elecraft] QRP and Contesting

By the way, Jim, in case you were wondering, you sounded absolutely superb here in KY. And you were not one of the offending Big Guns. I mean, yes, you’re a Big Gun but no, I didn’t have you in mind during my rant. You know what I mean. :^) Al W6LX/4 > On Nov 9, 2022, at 6: > Great advice,

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Re: [Elecraft] QRP and Contesting

On 11/9/2022 3:18 PM, j...@kk9a.com wrote: Al, if you called CQ at 30WPM and they answered at 45WPM and you had to ask for repeats, you are not the lid! In my experience, the greatest abuse of wildly excessive sending speed has been in DX contests, mostly by Eastern EU ops, whether at home or

Re: [Elecraft] QRP and Contesting

Al, if you called CQ at 30WPM and they answered at 45WPM and you had to ask for repeats, you are not the lid! If they were running at a higher speed that you're comfortable with, you probably could figure out their info from QSOs before and after you. If it is not copyable you just have to move

Re: [Elecraft] QRP and Contesting

On 11/9/2022 2:31 PM, Al Lorona wrote: I mean, 30 WPM with no repeats is actually faster than 40 WPM with some repeats. Great advice, Al. My friend N6TV, who has won SS several times, starts out in the 30s, but slows down towards the end of the contest. Nearly all of my operation was 26-28

Re: [Elecraft] QRP and Contesting

How about an online counter for ‘Please Copy’. {coming to SSB soon}. Need a quarter jar for that one….. -AJ | NK4O > On Nov 9, 2022, at 5:31 PM, Al Lorona wrote: > > This issue is a kind of double-edged sword that cuts not only newbies with > bad fists, but Big Guns with fists that are,

Re: [Elecraft] QRP and Contesting

This issue is a kind of double-edged sword that cuts not only newbies with bad fists, but Big Guns with fists that are, well, *too* good. I noticed this opposite phenomenon as soon as CW SS got started. It seemed that the average CW speed was way up this year. (I hadn't operated the SS in a