I worked a station at lunch time today, and it was a frustrating experience. He was sending way too fast ...... not for me, but for him.
He was 599 Plus and should have been easy copy, and he would have been if he had been able to send his own call correctly more than once in a row. But it took a while to figure his call out, as he sent it differently each time, tripping over himself the whole way.
You know, when you turn up the code speed to that point, you're not doing anyone any favors - yourself or the stations you're trying to work. What's the point of sending so fast that repeats become necessary or you turn off potential contacts? No one really wants to listen to gobbledygook.
It makes more sense to slow it down. You might not break any land speed records, and your ego may be a bit deflated, but you will also not send people away going, "Huh?!?".
As they say in the FISTS club, "Accuracy transcends speed."
72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!
Good morning Larry, I have had it when code has been sent and the letters are blended together. It is very hard to pick out letters...something I try not to do but when code is kinda blended into one long "letter" it makes copying very hard. Most times when I hear a station calling CQ with this kind of code I turn the dial to another station as I know it's going to be a struggle.
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