[Elecraft] Short QSO's (was Re: 6M CW)

[Alan Bloom]

I agree.  Back in my Novice days in the late 60's it was hard to get
anyone to talk for any length of time.

But of course, at 5 wpm, just sending

"WN1ABC WN1ABC WN1ABC DE WN3XYZ WN3XYZ WN3XYZ R R R GUD SIG BT NAME NAME
IS ALAN ALAN ALAN BT QTH QTH IS SANTA ROSA CA SANTA ROSA CA SANTA ROSA
CA BT YOUR RST RST IS 599 599 599 BT HOW CPY? SK WN1ABC WN1ABC WN1ABC DE
WN3XYZ WN3XYZ WN3XYZ K" 

takes about 8 minutes plus 8 minutes for the reply plus the time to sign
off, for a total 20 minutes or so QSO!

Al N1AL


On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 21:26 -0600, Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO wrote:
> You know, I've been a ham long enough (since 1962) to remember people 
> complaining about this same sad trend nearly fifty years ago. "Nobody wants 
> to talk anymore, it's just report, QTH, name, CUL!" Same lament, different 
> era.