Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>
> Julian G4ILO wrote:
>
> A couple of stations lost out on a point from me because they were sending
> so fast that neither the K3 nor I could copy them. Why do people do this?
> Surely the number of contacts lost because people like me who are not CW
> wizards just can't copy them must negate the benefit of any time saved?
> These stations were repeatedly calling CQ and if I could have read them we
> could have easily had a contact.
>
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>
> That's exactly why most commercial CW circuits strictly forbade high speed
> operation, often enforcing a 15 to 18 wpm maximum speed rule. Moderate
> speeds moves information faster than higher speeds, especially when a
> variety of stations are in contact such as traffic handling between ships
> and shore stations.
>
> I assume they didn't respond to a "QRS" from you...
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
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.
73, Bill W4ZV
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