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Re: [CQ-Contest] [PVRC] Cut numbers and V47T SSB recordings

To: Art Boyars <artboyars@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] [PVRC] Cut numbers and V47T SSB recordings
From: Tim Shoppa <tshoppa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:29:02 -0400
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The DX even busts Mike Delta as sent by the best stations. By far the most
common bust is MA.

******** Stations Copying W3LPL Exchange Incorrectly *********

 7153 PH 2017-03-04 0009 G5W            400 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 7154 PH 2017-03-04 0024 9A1EA          100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
21277 PH 2017-03-04 0031 PT2CM         1000 W3LPL           MO  should be MD
 3803 PH 2017-03-04 0033 G5W            400 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 7154 PH 2017-03-04 0041 PY5BH         1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 7000 PH 2017-03-04 0045 HB9TWK        1000 W3LPL           MO  should be MD
 7134 PH 2017-03-04 0106 HG5F          1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14000 PH 2017-03-04 0113 PY2TKB         100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14252 PH 2017-03-04 0122 PY9GC         1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 7154 PH 2017-03-04 0136 ZV8P           100 W3LPL           PA  should be MD
 7000 PH 2017-03-04 0136 DL5RU          150 W3LPL            0  should be MD
 3736 PH 2017-03-04 0142 CO2RQ          500 W3LPL           MS  should be MD
 7000 PH 2017-03-04 0154 ZW8T           100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 7000 PH 2017-03-04 0159 LU4DXU        1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 7154 PH 2017-03-04 0222 PY9GC         1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 3804 PH 2017-03-04 0239 ZV8P           100 W3LPL           PA  should be MD
 3500 PH 2017-03-04 0355 9A6V          1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 3804 PH 2017-03-04 0442 IK2YCW         500 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 7153 PH 2017-03-04 0559 IK2YCW         500 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 7153 PH 2017-03-04 0629 IR1X           100 W3LPL           PA  should be MD
 3760 PH 2017-03-04 1054 KP4BD          100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14155 PH 2017-03-04 1202 LA8CJ          100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14154 PH 2017-03-04 1202 EA5BY         1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14155 PH 2017-03-04 1248 IK2YCW         500 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14155 PH 2017-03-04 1337 I8UZA          500 W3LPL           PA  should be MD
21200 PH 2017-03-04 1356 IK2YCW         500 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14237 PH 2017-03-04 1429 C6ANA          200 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14000 PH 2017-03-04 1432 LU9VD          100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
21200 PH 2017-03-04 1634 F4VSE          100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
21320 PH 2017-03-04 1643 EA1DR         1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14315 PH 2017-03-04 1649 KH6LC         1000 W3LPL           PA  should be MD
21200 PH 2017-03-04 1651 PY9GC         1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
21000 PH 2017-03-04 1651 G8ZRE          100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14152 PH 2017-03-04 1722 F4VSE          100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14223 PH 2017-03-04 1815 EA1DR         1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
21336 PH 2017-03-04 1824 C6ANA          200 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14152 PH 2017-03-04 1835 SK2T          1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
21000 PH 2017-03-04 1838 PY2TKB         100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
28000 PH 2017-03-04 2010 PY2TKB         100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
21000 PH 2017-03-04 2032 PY2CTA         100 W3LPL           PA  should be MD
21000 PH 2017-03-04 2130 CE1UGE         100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
21324 PH 2017-03-04 2154 PY9GC         1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14152 PH 2017-03-04 2209 SV1JG          500 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14000 PH 2017-03-04 2339 JK1LSE         100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14170 PH 2017-03-04 2343 YV5EMG         200 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14167 PH 2017-03-04 2351 PY1MT          100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 3791 PH 2017-03-05 0318 HG5F          1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 3789 PH 2017-03-05 0539 EA1DR         1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 7185 PH 2017-03-05 0715 EA1DR         1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14168 PH 2017-03-05 1247 EA4URE        1000 W3LPL           PA  should be MD
14169 PH 2017-03-05 1252 OP4K          1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14314 PH 2017-03-05 1438 DC2CL          500 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14169 PH 2017-03-05 1503 PE4BAS         100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14168 PH 2017-03-05 1543 OM7YC          100 W3LPL           NC  should be MD
14194 PH 2017-03-05 1559 EA5GS         1000 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
28424 PH 2017-03-05 1759 PY1MT          100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
21200 PH 2017-03-05 1917 PY2LCD         100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
 7143 PH 2017-03-05 2041 IU3FBL         500 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
28000 PH 2017-03-05 2050 PY1FOX         100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
28409 PH 2017-03-05 2101 HP1MAC         100 W3LPL           TN  should be MD
14000 PH 2017-03-05 2124 EA2DR          100 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14000 PH 2017-03-05 2305 JE1RXJ        1000 W3LPL           WI  should be MD
21200 PH 2017-03-05 2309 AH6KO          100 W3LPL           PA  should be MD
14000 PH 2017-03-05 2321 JG2REJ         200 W3LPL           MA  should be MD
14168 PH 2017-03-05 2334 JH1UBK         200 W3LPL           MA  should be MD


On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 6:03 PM Art Boyars via PVRC <pvrc@mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> W3LPL: "Properly pronounced and with emphasis on the correct syllable ,
> the ICAO phonetic alphabet words are almost always the best choice" <snip>
>
> Usually Frank's advice is spot on.  However, in this case I think "almost
> always" applies only to stations that the DX can hear.  To wit, I quote my
> article "Highly Motivated Tourists: VE4EA and K3KU in the ARRL DX SSB
> 2015", published (inter alia) in NCJ for September/October 2015.
>
> Cary and I operated Saturday night at my house; 100W and a dipole:
>
> "With my little signal, some of the DX had trouble copying 5-9 Mike Delta.
> 'Was that Mike Alpha?' So we tried Mexico Denmark. 'Was that New Mexico?'
> Oops, that’s not so good, either. I realized that the best solution for
> small signals was to stick to CW."
>
> Sunday morning we QSYed to W3LPL:
>
> "We go into the shack. On the left side of the large room, the three
> low-band stations, each with two transceivers and computers, are alive but
> inactive, the operators asleep in the adjoining dormitory room or wandering
> about, eating whatever meal their body thinks is timely. On our right, the
> three high bands are running Europe. On 10, KE3X and K3AJ. On 15, HB9OCR
> (Marco) and N3RR And on 20, K4ZA and W3LPL himself, temping for K3RA. Some
> quick introductions, and we gravitate to the 15 meter station. It’s placed
> between the other two, and it has a little more room — and Marco is running
> people in about five languages! (Funny. Nobody has trouble copying 5-9 Mike
> Delta from W3LPL.)"
>
> QED.
>
> 73, Art K3KU
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