[ADXA] Wild & Crazy Guys

Sat Jun 8 22:16:58 EDT 2024

Nick,

I tried RUFZ today for the first time in many years.   Todays result was
max 265 characters and about 17k score.  I found myself in the listings -
194 in senior males.   That’s well behind you and Stan, K5GO.  My best
speed in that list was 298 CPM, so I had to round up to get to 60 WPM.
Anything over 55 has always been a stretch for me.

I was pleased to see that I could still copy a few call signs at <> 53
WPM.  I may play with it some more but probably not much.

N5DX is high in the RUFZ list.   Kevin is way ahead of us, but we already
knew that! :)

I’m sure there are other ADXA’ers on the top list.  We have some good
operators.

73,
Dennis/RZ

On Sat, Jun 8, 2024 at 8:11 AM Nick Kennedy <kennnick at gmail.com> wrote:

> We've gotta get some young folks doing RUFZ and Make America Great for CW
> Again.
>
> If you slice and dice the RUFZ toplist enough ways, I'm finally in there
> at #123 among senior males under 160# weight and 5"-7" height.  My peak
> back then was 289 CPM or 57.8 WPM. This must have been 20 years ago. I
> tried RUFZ again a couple years ago and peaked out at 243 CPM or 48.6 WPM.
> So I've lost 10 WPM.
>
> https://www.rufzxp.net/
>
> I can't imagine those incredible speeds. I'd like to witness it sometime.
> (Well, I guess I should go to YouTube then,eh?)
>
> For me, when the speed goes much above 60 WPM, I not only can't pick out
> any words, I can't even say for sure that what I'm hearing is Morse.
>
> I won a copying contest at the LR hamfest at about 50 WPM. But I didn't
> have to compete against Dennis because he was helping put the thing on.
>
> A dit at 220 WPM lasts 5.5 ms.  The period of an 800 Hz tone is 1.25 ms.
> So a dit would last about 4.4 complete sine waves. How can anyone detect
> that?
>
> My comfortable QSO speed is about 23 WPM. For contests, about 26 WPM
> although that's just a sending limitation. (I still like to use my paddle.)
>
> It's fun talking CW.
>
> 73 & dit dit,
>
> Nick, WA5BDU
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 7:33 PM Stan Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 
>> It’s interesting to look at the top 100 list on RUFZ.  I think I counted
>> 59 of the top 100 from Belarus (!) and a large number of the SWL
>> callsigns.  Not a single W/VE in the list.
>>
>> Stan,K5GO
>>
>> On Jun 7, 2024, at 6:54 PM, Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> That was a long time ago.  I remembered it as 50 WPM and I generally have
>> some issues at 60.  I know Nick is fast and 60 is a nice round number so
>> I’m not going to be too adamant about it.  Whatever it was, I think we had
>> the best Field Day CW team around!
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 8:05 AM J. Setcer <j.setcer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dennis, I was There watching, at the "County Line "CW Shoot out at High
>>> Noon"" (CAREN club hamfest) when you and WA5BDU both successfully copied
>>> SIXTY WPM.
>>> As my memory serves me. The guy conducting the contest said: "I'm out of
>>> cassette tapes. That was the fastest one I had". You & Nick Kennedy shook
>>> hands and that was the end of it.
>>> The NEXT year They put you in charge of Administering the contest,
>>> mostly so you would not be eligible to complete.
>>> - QJ
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 7:14 AM Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We are definitely used to instant gratification.  Back in the good old
>>>> days, I had to walk three miles in the snow to check my mailbox for cards
>>>> from Box 88 in Russia.  Response time to my requests was usually a year or
>>>> two.
>>>>
>>>> The main reason I finally uploaded to QRZ was that a lot of people like
>>>> their awards or like to see matches there for some other reason.  I guess I
>>>> shouldn’t have been a holdout for so long, since it’s really just a few
>>>> mouse clicks.  Now someone needs to convince me to set up eQSL - or not.
>>>>
>>>> Lotw will be back soon enough, and I’ll be again uploading for the
>>>> “real awards”.
>>>>
>>>> I think ARRL is on top of things and cooperating with law enforcement,
>>>> etc.  I’m more worried about my health insurance getting cyber-attacked
>>>> like one big company did.  They have enough problems with just normal
>>>> operations.
>>>>
>>>> I’m still waiting for someone to explain whether that kid can really
>>>> copy CW at 220 WPM.  I suspect Lotw will be back online way before I can
>>>> reconcile 220 WPM in my mind.
>>>>
>>>> Dennis/RZ
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 5:25 AM <w5znjoel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ADXA Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I loved Steve Martin when he appeared on Saturday Night Live back in
>>>>> the “good days of comedy” with skits like the two “wild and crazy guys” he
>>>>> and Dan Aykroyd would portray. That phrase fits all of the “wild and
>>>>> crazy” rumors I keep hearing about LoTW and that our data and DXCC records
>>>>> are lost and gone forever.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no insight into the details of ARRL’s cyber attack but I do
>>>>> read the press releases they continue to publicly send out and on several
>>>>> occasions they have stated your LoTW data and DXCC records are safe and
>>>>> secure. The most recent info that addressed this was in an ARRL member
>>>>> bulletin sent out last night that you should have received if you are an
>>>>> ARRL member……..and YOU must be to be an ADXA member !!!! That bulletin
>>>>> stated, regarding LoTW:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *“Many of our services and programs have been impacted by this attack.
>>>>> We have been diligently assessing each system to ascertain the extent of
>>>>> compromise. For example, while the Logbook of The World® server and related
>>>>> user data were unaffected, we have taken the precautionary measure of
>>>>> keeping the service offline until we can ensure the security and integrity
>>>>> of our networks. Similarly, access to Online DXCC is unavailable, although
>>>>> individual award data remains secure.”*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no expertise in cyber crimes and have to use spell check to
>>>>> make sure I spell it correctly, but I do have quite a bit of experience
>>>>> with ARRL and as a 53 year member (and past President) I can assure you
>>>>> they are addressing the issue and bringing services back on line when it is
>>>>> safe and ready to go. Just please be patient. Yes, I’m going through LoTW
>>>>> withdrawal as well but let’s stand by a bit longer and allow ARRL, the
>>>>> subject matter experts, and law enforcement professionals they are working
>>>>> with continue to work through this.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In the meantime, we ADXA folks have much more important things worry
>>>>> about and do like “GET IN THERE AND WORK ‘EM”. That way, when LoTW is back
>>>>> on line you will have something to upload !!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 Joel W5ZN
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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