[Fists] QRS PSE. Forwarded from Dx-Chat with permission.

[Dave Shrader]

Accuracy Transcends Speed!

This was posted on DX-Chat and I find it a good reminder regarding 
operating practice.

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Sure Dave, post it on the FISTS Reeflector. The more that
know, the more will be benefit.

TKS,  Larry
Only CW - 44 Yrs
Same Call - 44 Yrs

  ----- Original Message -----
From: "David.Shrader" <W1MCE@comcast.net>
To: "Larry, K4WLS" <k4wls@carolina.rr.com>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] CW Send Speed - QRS


Larry, may I please have your permission to repost this on the FISTS
Reflector?

Deacon Dave, W1MCE
+ + +

Larry, K4WLS wrote:


 >>Due to the lousy prop on the higher bands of late, I have
 >>been spending a lot of time on 30M. Probably, due to the
 >>same reason, so have a lot of New Ops just getting their
 >>feet wet on CW and Older Ops getting back on the air
 >>whose CW is a bit rusty.
 >>
 >>About 90 % of the time I have found that these New Ops
 >>and Older Ops are sending around 5 WPM faster than
 >>what they can copy. If during a QSO, a sta told me my
 >>CW was too fast and I was sending at the same speed he
 >>was sending, I politely told him so, and added the remark
 >>that his CW speed was what the other Op almost always
 >>used as a guage for his send speed. So, I said, please adjust
 >>your send speed to what you can copy. I of course went
 >>QRS to say this.
 >>
 >>Many stas thanked me for this tip, while other stations,
 >>even with strong signals, never came back to me after this
 >>suggestion. I really did not mean to humiliate anyone or
 >>make anyone get upset, I just thought it was a helpful tip.
 >>
 >>Not once, however, did I hear PSE QRS from the other sta.
 >>QRS has always meant "Please decrease your send speed
 >>to ____WPM", or today just simply decrease your send
 >>speed.
 >>
 >>If you are a New Op just getting your feet wet with CW
 >>or an Older Op just getting back on the bands and your
 >>CW is a bit rusty, please adjust your send speed to what you
 >>can comfortably copy. Most experienced CW Ops are
 >>very congenial and obliging. Even if you happen to make
 >>out the call of a CQ faster than you can copy, call the sta
 >>and give a PSE QRS. Bet the other Op will slow down for
 >>a QSO with you.
 >>
 >>Don't ever feel bad about having to tell the other station to
 >>QRS. I can't copy 45 WPM anymore, so I often have to
 >>say QRS myself !!!
 >>
 >>Thanks all and DX-Chat,  Larry   K4WLS