>I think so long as English is used, ops whose English
> is accented need to be aware of this problem, particularly in the case of
> numbers, which are not phoneticized.
Pete-
many ops had a hard time copying my 3 since it is bracketed by a B and K -
seems to get lost in sound shift. i resorted to saying the number three times
in groups of three.
three three three three three three three three three
that seemed to be the trick that worked. i can't give advice on the zeros and
the nines, but it works wonders for use in 3 land.
another "trick" i used to get the op to copy the A, lost in the sound shift
from K to Q, was to think of a city or country name near the DX station. if
they didn't understand ALPHA or AMERICA, i tried ARMENIA or ATHENS. that
really seemed to work too.
-steve hanlon
KB3KAQ
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