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N2MG's article on fone contesting
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by k2ua on June 19, 2000
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HAW!
How did you enunciate all that clearly with your tongue stuck so far into your cheek? :-)
--73, Rus, K2UA
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CW - isn't that DEAD?
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by K2AXX on June 19, 2000
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Are you SURE this was written Tongue-in-CHEEK?
(Funny stuff. Esp. from a man I look to as my mentor, my guide and my inspiration .. .but not in that order - or using those words. . )
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CW dead??? When did that happen?
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by kb2vgh on June 19, 2000
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Funny stuff Mike. Don't forget the recognition of your roger beep.
:-)
73, Jeff KB2VGH
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CW Dead ?
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by W2GO on June 20, 2000
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...I respectfully disagree,
I started contesting in 1992 doing SSB only -on the XE land, everything went fine until the propagation either went down or died on the higher bands, by mid 90s...
Then I decided to start trying with my limited CW speed, about 7 WPM. Yes, initially was slow, but It was amazing how you could improve the speed over a contest.
I was so pleased, that I even went furher and took the CW test for the highest license in XE (12WPM), with no problems whatsoever.
When I was on CW contests, rarely found a station that did not want to slow down to get QSO.(unless you find a furious pile-up).
There are two excellent programs that can help you in enhancing the CW skills : "RUFZ" and "PED"
73
Luis W2GO, XE2AC, (ex: XE2AF, XE2ADJ)
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RE: CW Contests......
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by N2MG on July 28, 2000
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Luis,
I think you missed my attempt at humor. I much prefer CW contesting to phone. This story was an attempt to make fun of some aspects of phone contesting.
"Hey, that guy, he's a phone contester... not that there's anything WRONG with that." :)
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RE: CW Contests......
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by G4iFB on August 13, 2000
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Some more really nice things about SSB 'tests:
- not having to catch an hour's sleep with that ringing sound in your ears
- not waking up with a start because you heard your callsign (in your dreams) and couldn't reply...
- footswitches! What a laugh, eh? Why won't they stay where you put them?? Hours of fun under the desk.
- no need to worry about QSK relays
- saving money on narrow filters
73, G4iFB
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CW Contesting
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by AH8I on August 16, 2000
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Of course we love CW contesting! The only disturbing part is listening to signal reports at 35 WPM every time I flush the toilet for 24 hours after the contest is over.
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