[Elecraft] CW Contest and Elecraft K3s decoder

[Jim Cassidy]

Absolutely correct.  Successful contest operators rely almost entirely on their CW ability other than the use of the programmed messages.

I just saw another post about not sending over 30 wpm to have better rate,  TI7W was sending much faster had a rate of about 210 per hour for the entire 48 hour contest.  I did hear him slower as well but mostly was a lot faster.  ZF2MJ was in the same mode as well.
73

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brown" <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 11:00:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Contest and Elecraft K3s decoder

On 11/27/2017 4:52 PM, Jim Cassidy wrote:
> Just when did the totally incorrect fact that the high speed contest operators are using CW decoders get started??  NO truth to that at all

You're absolutely right, Jim. It's those beginning CW ops who don't know 
CW, or haven't developed their copying ability to contesting speeds, or 
who don't feel confident about their copying ability, who are using code 
readers.

Most serious contesters, including me, let their logging program SEND 
repetitive things. Some great contest operators still send a lot with a 
paddle, but let the computer call CQ. And some ops send a lot more with 
the paddle than they should. :) I used to have a pretty good fist, but 
it's declined with age. So when we let the computer send for us, we're 
doing others a favor by producing cleaner, well-spaced, error-free CW 
that makes easier copy for both their brains and their readers.

As a founding member of CWOPS, I'm proud of our members who have done 
such a great job developing and executing a mentoring program for hams 
who want to learn CW and build their skills.

73,Jim K9YC


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