[Elecraft] QRP and Contesting

[Byron Servies]

What stuff.

If you are going to operate with a key, you should have practiced enough beforehand to be able to send the entire exchange without an issue. One repeat at most.

That is all Jim is complaining about: be minimally competent.

73, Byron N6NUL

On Tue, Nov 8, 2022, at 9:04 PM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote:
> Jim,
> 
> The alternative is that if one is new to CW (or to ham radio at all), 
> he/she should not operate in the Sweepstakes, and just let the 
> experienced ops have their fun. I'm sure you would not prefer that!
> 
> 73,
> Victor, 4X6GP
> Rehovot, Israel
> Formerly K2VCO
> CWops no. 5
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
> 
> On 08/11/2022 23:49, Jim Brown wrote:
> > I made more than 1,000 QSOs in Sweepstakes this weekend, and the most 
> > frustrating, by far, were from a couple of dozen QRPers who 1) never 
> > heard of dupe checking; and 2) sent by hand with pretty lousy fists. 
> > Late Sunday evening, while calling CQ on another band, I waited a couple 
> > of  minutes for a VA2 station to get a fill on the serial number from a 
> > QRPer who couldn't send it correctly, probably because he hadn't worked 
> > enough CW to have a decent fist. The problem was NOT signal strength. I 
> > had the same problem with half of the casual QRPers I worked.
> > 
> > Both of these problems are easily solved by using a contest logging 
> > program, both to log and to send CW. This is not a slam on QRP operation 
> > -- I've worked a lot of contests QRP, and one of my best buddies, W6JTI, 
> > WINS or places in the top two or three in the many contests he enters 
> > QRP. Frank made 554 QSOs in SS last weekend, and made the sweep of all 
> > 84 sections (NOT easy with HIGH power).
> > 
> > Why does this matter? Because MANY contesters take it seriously, and 
> > most can finish a Sweepstakes QSO in 30-40 seconds. Most of us, me 
> > included, are happy to work and encourage new contesters, but it's very 
> > frustrating when someone can't send CW due to lack of practice, and 
> > calls to work us a second or even a third time because he's too lazy to 
> > check of dupes, taking well over a minute to finish a QSO.
> > 
> > 73, Jim K9YC
> > 
> > 
> > 
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73, Byron N6NUL
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