For me... I can copy just fine (can always be better...) but it's getting it to the keyboard that is the problem. Have to hear it, then copy that to the keyboard and that takes the most time...
73, Gary KA1J AKA Fumblefingers > Kevin et al; > > I agree, in fact I'd suppose as the CW speed the number of competent > operators decreases proportionally. Now I'm not saying "contest > at 5 WPM" but certainly there are more that can copy 15 WPM than 50 > WPM. Just sayin'..........so for us slow folks and old > folks.......QRS. > > 73 > > Bob, K4TAX > > > On 11/26/2017 8:38 PM, Kevin Stover, AC0H wrote: > > I agree. > > > > I can do 30 wpm without getting uncomfortable but I have experienced > > the "slowing down gets more contacts" phenomenon. Once in field day > > with a bunch of CW hands who can all copy and send above 40+ wpm. > > The one rule they had for field day was nobody sent faster that > > 22-25 wpm. They won their section and were a top 10 US 1A station > > almost every year. No problem holding a frequency. > > > > Same for Nov SS. Ripping along at 40wpm sure is neat and all but how > > long does the contact take when you add time for 3 or 4 repeats? > > Slow down to 22-25 wpm and get the contacts first time or spend time > > repeating parts of the exchange then ultimately having to slow down > > anyway. > > > > On 11/26/2017 7:32 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: > >> In previous years, I used the K3's decoder and it worked very well. > >> But, for this contest, I bit the bullet and said, "I'm going to > >> decode the calls myself to improve my CW." I had a lot of fun doing > >> so, although I had to skip several stations that were sending above > >> 30 WPM. > >> > >> A small suggestion to those who know CW. If you are calling CQ and > >> getting no answers, like late in the contest, consider slowing down > >> so the CW impaired, like me, have a chance of making the contact. > >> It may improve your score. > >> > >> 73 Bill AE6JV > >> > >> On 11/26/17 at 4:09 PM, hk3j...@gmail.com (German Duran) wrote: > >> > >>> Wonderful. I was doing the CQ WW CW contest and a lot of the > >>> contest I worked with a software to help decode the stations. In > >>> the last hours of the contest I decided to configure the decoder > >>> of my Elecraft K3s and started to decode the stations better than > >>> with any of the software that is in the market for this job. > >>> Congratulations to Elecraft for this marvel. Germán HK3J > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ------ > >> > >> Bill Frantz | When it comes to the world | > >> Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | around us, is there any choice > >> | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | but to explore? - Lisa > >> Randall | Los Gatos, CA 95032 > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> 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 ksto...@ac0h.net > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 g...@ka1j.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
