Dave,
The premise that nobody can copy high speed CW is simply false.
The RUFZ contest simulator shows that hundreds of contest stations are
able to pull out call signs at over 50 wpm. The top guy does this at
160 WPM. See: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/rufztop.htm
In many contests the exchange is known most of the time before hand.
Thus huge number of QSO's can be accurately completed at such speeds.
Like the market place, you charge (set speed) at what traffic will bear.
Early on in a contest fast + loud is the right thing to do for score.
High speed reduces pileup size for rare ones and actually helps QSO rate.
73 de Brian/K3KO
Julian, G4ILO wrote:
Dave Agsten wrote:
Speaking of those ultra high speed CW stations, I have to wonder if they
are in a radio contest or a computer contest? Isn't the computer doing
most of the operating. I don't know, since having the PC run the show, as
far as contest exchanges are concerned, is of absolutely no interest to
me. Does the computer copy and select the calling station? ( I have no
idea?? ) If it does, then it really is a computer contest and not a ham
radio contest.
In a CW contest the computer does less than in a RTTY or PSK contest. There
is no CW decoding software yet written that decodes reliably enough in the
presence of contest QRM to be used without aural conformation, or that can
decode weak signals close to the noise at all. Computers are an operating
aid, but that's all.
I have been thinking of adding a facility to my software that records the
exchange and allows it to be played back, at half speed if required. Do
other programs do that?
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