IMO, this has a LOT to do with the combination of world languages and
accents. Here's a couple of examples...
There is no letter "V" in Polish, they use the letter "W" instead. "Victor"
is "Wictor"
The letter "J" in Czech is pronounced like the "Y" in "You". So "Juliet" is
now "Youliet"
There are probably many other examples, but these are the first two I can
think of.
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
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From: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr@arrl.net>
To: "John Geiger" <aa5jg@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] [Bulk] Best callsign letters
>
> On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:08 AM, John Geiger wrote:
>
>> Has anyone done a study (or have ancetodal evidence) about which letters
>> (using standard phonetics) get through best on SSB during pileups or
>> marginal/weak conditions? For example, I though "j" would be decent
>> letter but many people seem to hear "Juliet" as "India". Don't know why
>> they make that confusion, but they do. So, which letters are best
>> recognized and less confused?
>
> "Radio" seems to get through when nothing else will. "Lima" has no voice
> energy, and is often confused with "Charlie", and "Kilo".
>
>
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
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