Tonight, I worked a couple of stations at 28 wpm, a new high for me. The first was W2XS. I had just turned on the rig when I heard him calling CQ. I gauged his speed to be around 28 wpm, and when I heard no one reply to his second CQ, I thought I’d give it a go.
Surprisingly, I did pretty well. We chatted for almost a half hour, and only towards the end of the contact did I start making more mistakes than I should have.
After I signed with W2XS, I got a call from K9UT, again at 28 wpm. I was already a bit tired by this time, so I made more mistakes during this QSO. Even so, I think I did an OK job, and this contact ended a lot sooner than the first.
Both operators were very gracioius and courteous to me. Thanks, guys, for putting up with my mistakes. HPE CU AGN SN…at 28 wpm!
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