I must say that whenever these threads on the subtle intricacies of callsign
advantage emerge, I have to stop and reflect on one example (or
counter-example): W3LPL.
73, Andy, AE6Y
----- Original Message -----
From: "jim funk" <jfunk@adams.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1423
Subject: [CQ-Contest] callsign advantages
> Short is not always good, especially on cw if "short" means ending in an
> "E". Deadly.
>
> Any letter can be loused up on phone, but the ones that have
> similar-sounding phonetics will give the most trouble. I have a terrible
> time with "Juliet" being heard as "Zulu" and "Foxtrot" being heard as
> "Oscar" or "Papa" (or even "Boston"?????).
>
> Be prepared to use different phonetics depending upon the part of the
world
> you're working. There are too many examples to list here.
>
> Operate a lot. More important, operate more than anyone else with the
same
> suffix! I have trouble staying ahead of K9JF, N4JF, OH3JF, K8JF, K2JF,
> AA5JF, AH6JF, KK4JF, W7JF, W0JF, DL1JF, DH4JF....well, you get the idea.
>
> Be loud.
>
> Two-by-ones are fine if you put them on the air often enough so that at
> least a portion of the crowd has been exposed to the call before.
>
> Accept the fact that a good cw call may not be a good phone call, and vice
> versa.
>
> N9JF is just fair on phone and cw, but it's "me". KR9L is pretty good on
> both. The kids love it, as it incorporates their school name "Kids Radio
> Nine Liberty". W9AWE is awful on both. The Quincy club pretty much just
> uses it for Field Day anyhow, so what do we expect?
>
> In the end, try not to worry about it too much. It's still a game....
>
> 73, Jim N9JF, trustee for KR9L and W9AWE
>
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