[Elecraft] Is CW a Language? OT

[Stephen W. Kercel]

     Just how much time does sending a "DE" or a "K" take?

     Not much, but NOT sending them takes less time....
     Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
     Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
                 -- Wilbur Wright, 1901

   Bill and others:
   I am very much a traditionalist on CW operating procedure. However, in
   contesting  I  find  that  a standard formatted call (such as AA4LR DE
   AA4AK  AR,  or  even  worse,  AA4LR  DE AA4AK/QRP AR is ineffective in
   attracting  replies.  Typically, the rate conscious big gun contesters
   hearing  several  calls  at  once  instinctively  answer the call that
   finishes first.
   To  test  this notion, I've tried various combinations of standard and
   abbreviated  call  formats in contests. When I send a single unadorned
   AA4AK and nothing else, the rate at which I receive replies in contest
   goes up dramatically.
   73,
   Steve
   AA4AK