Hi Jay, an honest question. You work at 35 - 40 wpm, am I right? Aren't you afraid you miss people that can't keep up with that kind of speed? Just wondering.
Great question Rene. Long story short is yes I’m sure I miss a lot. I work around 30wpm in contests. 24 in the mst on Mondays. I think it’s foolish of me to assume people are using spotting assistance during every cwt. I think the average speed for cwts are 33-37. I’d like to hear your thoughts on it as well. Do you think most people run to fast ? Thanks
Well, it's too fast for me. I guess that if I would hear you cq'ing at this speed I would pass. Or maybe if I really wanted to work you I'd need to hear you call three or four times before I copied everything. :) So I think I would not be the only one. 30wpm would be ok for me. Lots of stations in the bigger contests work at 35+wpm too. I always wonder if that really pays off in qso numbers.
Thanks for the Q! Did I miss a memo? Seems like a lot of people cranked up the speed and removed spaces last night. N3RTW
I don’t think so. I did add the speed to the exchange on my end. Guess I need to slow it down. I can’t type as fast as some of these guys.
Hi Jay, an honest question. You work at 35 - 40 wpm, am I right? Aren't you afraid you miss people that can't keep up with that kind of speed? Just wondering.
Great question Rene. Long story short is yes I’m sure I miss a lot. I work around 30wpm in contests. 24 in the mst on Mondays. I think it’s foolish of me to assume people are using spotting assistance during every cwt. I think the average speed for cwts are 33-37. I’d like to hear your thoughts on it as well. Do you think most people run to fast ? Thanks
Well, it's too fast for me. I guess that if I would hear you cq'ing at this speed I would pass. Or maybe if I really wanted to work you I'd need to hear you call three or four times before I copied everything. :) So I think I would not be the only one. 30wpm would be ok for me. Lots of stations in the bigger contests work at 35+wpm too. I always wonder if that really pays off in qso numbers.