[Elecraft] K3 and CQWW

[Vic K2VCO]

Bill W4ZV wrote:

> If you were answered 4L0A at 15-18 WPM, he would have completed 2 QSOs by
> the time you finished signing your call twice!  And you would have been
> QRMing everyone else in the process.  He was sending at 32-34 WPM and his
> canned exchange sped up to ~50 WPM (i.e. "ENN AU" for 599 21).  And this was
> on 160 meters no less!  
> 
> I always slow down to the speed of guys that call me but a very slow caller
> answering a speedy op in a big pileup is simply a QRM generator who
> shouldn't be there.  

That sounds a bit harsh, Bill!

The best thing to do is just to listen to the guy for a while. He is repeating the same 
thing over and over -- especially in this contest -- and ultimately you will get it. This 
is good practice; after a while you get used to it and will be able to get the calls and 
zone the first or second time.

It's a lot harder to copy traffic at high speed than to pick out a call that is being sent 
over and over.
-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco