Monday, July 3, 2023

MST - Ahead of the curve, finally

As I practice CW in the MST contests one metric that I have been striving for is to keep pace with the clock.

At first, I wanted to at least have 30 Q/hr.  The contests last one hour so I thought 30 Q/hr was a reasonable goal.   It didn't take long to pass that goal.   On a lot of sessions I can get to that mark.

But what I really wanted is the next goal of 1 Q / minute.   It's just a goal.

I should qualify -- I mean 1 Q /hr when I am in run-mode, not S/P.

Tonight I was well on my way.  At first I was about pacing the clock, which is good, but I started to pass the clock in terms of more than 1 Q / minute.

It lasted for about 20-22 minutes and I was really glad.  It was great fun.  I was busy in the contest so I had to be quick about getting a screen grab.  But the Q count was 17 at this point at 15 minutes in.  It actually persisted at that rate for some time after.   But nonetheless I was pretty excited about that.

By around 24-26 Q I saw the Run fade off and the rate fell.  But I was still in run-mode.



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