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VK2WL > CW 19.07.05 11:03l 34 Lines 1457 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: straight key/speed?
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From: VK2WL@VK2WI.#SYD.NSW.AUS.OC
To : CW@WW
That's strange!!!
I always thought that CW should be sent at a speed which encourages
others to work you. 25WPM is far too fast for a great many AR operators
and tends to discourage them from getting into contests etc.
I don't try to exceed 12 to 16 WPM, perhaps that's why my contest
results are so poor :-)) :-))
I wonder if others have noticed the repetitious contest CQ's that are
bashed out at 30-35WPM usually go for long periods before they obtain
a reply ??? And then, those replies are usually from stations also
firing away like machine guns. I'm not sure just what that gains.....
It would be interesting to know if the Contest Top Guns win by
their speed of sending or just by their persistence ....
My thoughts.....not necessarily yours. However I did communicate by
CW in the armed services as well as commercially for around 35 years.
Ted VK2WL
Jerry, K0CQ wrote:-
> I used an E. F. Johnson key, made for high speed. After I mounted
>it on a steel plate, I gave it a test, sent 29.8 words in one
>minute. Lubrication (graphite for the pivots) and adjustment
>were important. I've not done a speed test since, but I keep up
>during FD with my latest favorite key, a Western Union model 2A
>legless. With the graphite for pivot lubricant it seems capable
>of going faster, but I've not timed it. 25 is comfortable for
>hours of FD contacts so I rest there.
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