I am hoping that most of the people who are talking about using phonetics
that are suppposed to be amusing, are talking about using them mostly during
domestic contests, where the listeners are much more familiar with
"American" (to include Canadian) humor and the way of saying certain
sayings.
However, I noticed during CQWWSSB that many times when I would speak my call
to South American stations as November Seven Bravo Foxtrot, that they would
almost always come back as Norway Seven Boston Florida. I think that
certain people whose native language is something else other than English
have found that they have problems enunciating certain words, and that other
acceptable phonetics are much easier to pronounce. Also, as someone else
has pointed out, sometimes it's better to use phonetics including locations
that are familiar to them, as they get the point much quicker. To someone
in South America, the word "Brazil" comes across very quickly, particularly
to someone who lives in that region.
I don't think I'd use "funny" phonetics during an International SSB contest,
there's too much room for confusion.
Alan - N7BF (Big Foot) (Bull Frog) and probably more that can be thought
up.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Antti Nevantaus" <antti.nevantaus@gmail.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:30 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Phonetics, back to basics
> As I'm not a native English speaker, in my earlier days of ham radio I
> sometimes found it difficult with weak signals to get the callsign
> correctly due to non-standard phonetics.
>
> There are usually two or more words used for each syllable, for
> example on the band you can often hear "Bravo", "Boston", "Baker" or
> "Golf", "Germany", "Guatemala". Only one of these is correct according
> to standards, but the others might be used because they are easier to
> spell for some nationalities. However, I would encourage using the
> standard ones especially in DX QSOs and also to not to confuse those
> who are newer to ham radio and contesting.
>
> 73 de Antti - OH0EA
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