[CW] A Speed Question

[BURNS MARTIN JR]

CONTEST:
contests (plural noun)
1. an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport, activity, or particular quality

I am no longer a serious contester but I do enjoy the challenge, speed, propagation, staying awake after it gets dark, etc....Some of the big guns have invested a LOT of money in operating locations, rigs, antennas, lodging and food for contest teams, etc.....
Just another perspective.
This is a hobby and there is something for everyone....isn't that great?
Happy Thanksgiving to all...
Tony W4FOA



> On November 23, 2019 at 4:53 PM Joe Pontek Sr <v31jp1957 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>     I really doubt that. 
> 
>     First, in all the contests I have participated in, very few at the 50 WPM mark, but for no more that a few
>     CQs.  35 WPM is more typical  high.
> 
>     Yes, my computer often sends the exchange information as is the exchange I copy, but I copy that
>     exchange myself, no machine.  Yes, I have a lot of experience copying CW, thus I have become
>     proficient.  Do not let this "machine copy" nonsense deter your practice.  With a couple that I played with
>     out of curiosity, I copied better, ie. more accurately, all the time.  Most contesters roll along between
>     18 and 35 WPM.
> 
>     73, Joe, K8JP/K5 - V31JP
> 
>     On 11/23/2019 3:23 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> 
>         > > I think the CW decoder programs are the answer. I hear contesters ID'ing at very high speeds, maybe fifty or more WPM. There are people who can read that but I think many of these contests are between machines.
> > 
> >     > 
>     -- 
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