Steve - all

The speed which seems to have evolved as the working speed in most contests
is 30 to 33 WPM.

In a contest such as that this weekend, you can prepare yourself by
anticipating what the expected exchange might be.

From here, of course, we expect the two letter state or province
designators, but for power, all sorts of variants occur, for example, for a
kilowatt I heard, 1kw, akw, kw, and k!

BTW: did anyone use the latest version of N1MM??


73

David W Wood 

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 1:16 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Anybody Need Dominican Republic for the Contest?

Mike, Tom, and all,

Finished with 321.  Mostly on Saturday and mostly on 10 and 15.   Not as 
good as I had hoped, but a few things  needed my attention during the 
weekend.

Didn't work anything new or rare.  I did work EA9 and FP, which are ones 
I don't see every day.  Only 160 contact was PJ2T.

I've made some progress on my CQ speed.  6 months ago I would call at 16 
wpm and go to 18 if I got brave and all the planets were in alignment. 
  This weekend I did it at 20 wpm and while I did botch a few and had to 
ask for some repeats, it went pretty well.  Maybe there is hope for me 
after all.

Hope to improve my comfort level before WPX CW  at the end of May.



73, Steve KW3A



On 2/16/2014 7:52 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Good job, Mike on the 328 contacts.
>
> As I said yesterday, my efforts in the contest were curtailed this
week-end
> by a lack of available time, and a number of other activities that were
> competing for the free time I did have.
>
> I put 102 contacts in the log, one of which was Lloyd (W3IUU) who happened
> upon me last night when I was calling CQ on 40 meters.  I know the contact
> with him won't count for any points, but it was fun to make the contact
> anyway.
>
> I guess my neatest contacts were a number of Croatian stations on 40
meters
> late last night, which convinced me that my DXCC antenna is still working
> well on that band.
>
> Speaking of Lloyd, hopefully, he'll let us know how many contacts he
finally
> ended up with.
>
> And, I know Steve made an effort at the contest as well.
>
> Maybe I'll be able to do more in the SSB contest in a couple weeks.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Mike Duke, K5XU
> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 3:41 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Anybody Need Dominican Republic for the Contest?
>
> HI3LFE is on 28.032 right now. He is pounding into Mississippi, and says
he
> is running 12 watts.
>
> Go get him!
>
> I think I have just about thrown in the towel at 328 contacts. I have
pretty
> much worked everything I can hear.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Mike Duke, K5XU
> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
>
>
>