Re: N3FJP Software Contesting Tips - What are Yours?!
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI do CW, I'm good at it too,And on Morsle I have a 911 day long streak of perfect copy at 40 WPM running. But if someone had sent me a23v? all they would get from me is ? till they sent me 1234. Any tiny speed advantage they had is now gone. Joe WB9SBD On 11/29/2024 3:41 PM, mike mcglashon
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Quoting: Please, please, please, do *NOT* use cut numbers unless it's to send a 5NN. Otherwise it will slow us both down. End quote: You must not be a cwops cwt contester. There, they very often send cut numbers for their cwt number. You might see something like this: Ad9ca mike a23v; This translates to: Ad9ca mike 1234 Good luck telling those guys to use regular numbers. Moreover, many cut numbers are used by ops outside the US. Please advise as you like. Mike M. Mike mcglashon AD9CA Email: Michael.mcglashon@... Ph: 618 783 9331 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Friday, November 29, 2024 3:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [N3FJPSoftwareUsers] N3FJP Software Contesting Tips - What are Yours?! All, First and foremost, when I started using N3FJP's Sweeps log decades ago, it sped me up and improved my accuracy immensely. I can't imagine operating, contest or not, without his logging programs. That said... I will probably get some flack for this, but it's a pet peeve of mine and appears in every CW contest: cut numbers. When I'm operating at the upper edge of my CW speed and expecting numbers and you send me letters or weird characters, it always trips me up. I end up stopping for a sec, trying to understand what I just heard, and asking for a repeat. It slows both of us down. Rather than speeding the contact, it slows it down...a lot. Please, please, please, do *NOT* use cut numbers unless it's to send a 5NN. Otherwise it will slow us both down. Just my opinion, Bill W2EB |