[ADXA] 10 Meter Test

[Dennis Schaefer]

Thanks for the compliment, Joel, but I’m glad I don’t have to do those CW contests anymore!   At 50 WPM, you’re still scribbling long after the sending stops.  My memory is not that good anymore.  Of course, today, no one could read my writing anyway :)

Dennis

> On Dec 15, 2020, at 9:33 AM, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the contest Q Steve!
> 
> I was running at 26 WPM.
> 
> You are correct. Some of the stations CW sounds like crap. The weighting is awful. Some of that, I believe, is from stations maybe running remote and latency is kicking in and impacting the sig. They should really listen to their sig on another RX to see what it is like.
> 
> I can copy fairly well, up to around 35 WPM.....nothing close to His Royal High Speed Championshipness Dennis, W5RZ, but I do want to believe I can carry his lunch for him on occasion!
> 
> ZN
> 
> 
>> On 2020-12-12 11:17, Steven Rutledge wrote:
>> Well, I'm not a contest person except V/U.  I used to do the 10 meter
>> test on phone from C6AFP.  That was a lot of fun when the band was
>> open.  I have been making Qs in this contest on CW.  I did pass the 20
>> wpm test but I have a hard time copying some of these ops.  I'm also
>> noticing some of the CW sigs sound very bad in terms of quality.  Not
>> sure if that is the extreme speed?  So, getting the call takes me a
>> few seconds listening but catching the numbers on DX stations is a
>> serious challenge.  My hat is off to you guys that can copy these
>> stations that sound like a buzz-saw.
>> I was about to turn the rig off last night and made one last sweep
>> after turning the amp off.  Who did I hear but W5ZN.  I called him on
>> 50 watts.  He came back with N4QQ and I sent again. He got it the
>> second time.  Multiplier for me.  Joel's speed was nice, consistent. 
>> I hope we get some propagation.  I think I'm in on the 10 meter
>> contest in the future.  Lots of fun.
>> 73,
>> Steve, QQ
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