I believe most of them are indeed copying what is being sent. Most of the stations I hear in a big contest are the big contesters. They have big money invested in big equipment and they have lots of experience and skill. I suspect serious CW contesters have no problems with contest exchanges at 25-30 wpm.
The solution in the long run for you and me to get our CW speed up to 30 so we can run with the big dogs! One suggestion in the short term is SKCC - Straight Key Century Club. We run a monthly 2 hour contest and because it is straight key based, the speeds are typically in the 12 - 18 wpm range. A couple of months ago, the theme was "go as fast as you can on a straight key". I did and EVERY person who answered me was slower than I was. I ended up QRS for every QSO. You can get some experience in low-key contesting at a speed where you're more comfortable. - Keith N1AS - - K2 5411.ssb.100 - - K3 wave 3 - -----Original Message----- What blew me away trying to get into my third CW contest was the speed everyone was running. Additionally I had not dealt with sequential exchanges before, and wanted to listen to one first to get the "feel" of the exchange. But it was all too fast. that copied that I copied in the exchange, I completely believe that many folks are sending and copying at the higher speeds. But I have a hard time buying that "all" of them are. David Wilburn [EMAIL PROTECTED] K4DGW K2 S/N 5982 _______________________________________________ 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
