At 09:59 AM 8/26/2007, you wrote:
Unfortunately many of us have had to struggle through this phase of
CW ops -- I've come to the point that if I can't copy at my speed of
25 - 30 wpm I just don't put the guys in the log. And that's mostly
in contest operations -- I'm thinking about abandoning the SS
contest because there certainly seems to be more emphasis on speed
than anything else. Fine for those who can, but if too many ops
like me bail out there won't be so many big scores for the
speed-merchants. I'm content to let them buzz each other.
The crazy thing about that is that I can't believe there is anything to be gained by going any faster than 25-30 WPM in a contest. In fact it probably leads to a great may requests for repeats and winds up slowing them down. Some people just don't to get it!
The really good contest OPS, (K3ZO and W3LPL for example) the ones you always see with the top scores and who hold world records, generally set their CW speed around 25 WPM or even a little slower.
73, Rich - W3ZJ
