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Re: [CQ-Contest] [Bulk] Best callsign letters

To: Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] [Bulk] Best callsign letters
From: "Anthony A. Luscre" <aluscre@neo.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:46:33 -0400
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Bill Coleman wrote:
> 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".
>
>
>
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