Peer group pressure. Don't ya' love it! People are struggling to keep up with 25 to 30 wpm yet we stay there. I've often thought it would be interesting in a contest to vary the speed depending on the size of the pile up. Fast for a large pile, slow for no pile. There's just no benefit in calling CQ FD over & over at 30 wpm. Slow down to 12 and pick up the slower S&P operators who would not have called you at 30.
I *almost* did what you suggested - calling CQ FD slowly. I was eyeballing the novice portion of 40 meters but just didn't. Ironically, I didn't find the CW to be all that fast this year. I was sending at 15 to about 22 wpm. Of course I guess it is all relative. 15 wpm is flying for some people. Yea, I like the idea of starting a trend. - Keith KD1E - - K2 5411 - -----Original Message----- started calling at about 10-13 wpm ... Maybe we could start a trend. -Pete _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
