"KØHB" wrote in message
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"Dee D. Flint" wrote


Actually I find that CW is more productive and I'm not nearly
as fast at CW
(20wpm for contest, 15wpm for ragchew) as you are but then I'm
just running
100watts into basic wire antennas.


Do you run a frequency, or do you "search and pounce"?

If you have a modest station and you S&P, then CW will likely be
more productive because the gating factor is **getting the
attention of the target station**. CW can be better at that
because you can 'un-zero-beat' to stand out from the pile up and
use other tricks and skills.

However, if you're running a frequency, then the **speed with
which you can exchange messages** is the gating factor, and voice
is faster than Morse by quite a margin.

The November SS is a particularly good event to compare CW vs.
Phone, since the two weekends are close together (share the same
general propagation conditions) and the list of participants is
nearly identical between the two weekends so differing skill
levels and station configurations are factored out.

73, de Hans, K0HB


I've tried running a frequency on SSB contests but just don't get enough
takers to make it worthwhile so I finally end up doing the "search and
pounce". I'm not good enough yet to run a frequency on CW so by necessity
do "search and pounce" when operating in this mode.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE