VK6BE > CW 21.07.05 01:01l 22 Lines 897 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : AE0250VK6BE
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Subj: Re: straight key/speed?
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From: VK6BE@VK6JY.#ALY.#WA.AUS.OC
To : CW@WW
I agree with Ted. I was always taught that you replied to a CW call at the
same speed as the sender calls you. As long as he stays at a speed he can
copy there will be no problem.Those who reply to a slow call at twice the
speed are showing little courtesy to the person they call.
I think we have all met the smart guy who comes back at you so fast his
dots sound like a rip in his pants and bear little relationship to the
dashes which follow so that letter V becomes Brrr Dah and practically
unreadable. We had an expression for poor senders that they were "sending
with their left foot." Very apt.
Bob VK6BE.
>
> 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.
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