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Re: [CQ-Contest] Uh oh, NAQP must skew older than I thought

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Uh oh, NAQP must skew older than I thought
From: Paul Bourque <pbourque@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:42:35 -0500
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cq Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>

Of course, there’s no rule as to what name you need to send. My CW mentor
was Ed, W1RFI (SK), so for my very first attempt at NAQP CW, I used the
name Ed  in his honor. I know some use nicknames, or their middle names as
the exchange as well.

See you this weekend on SSB!

73,
Paul N1SFE


On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 8:20 AM Ed Parish <k1ep.list@gmail.com> wrote:

> Didn't get to use ED this contest as I was at a multiop.  I believe ED is
> the shortest CW common name. A non-Ed using ED is like using a check of 55
> in SS. ;-)  Worked some ALs and MOs but none from from Alabama or Missouri.
>
> Ed Parish, K1EP
> k1ep@arrl.net
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 00:03 jimk8mr--- via CQ-Contest <
> cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> >  I thought the most common name in a CW contest with names in the
> exchange
> > would be  "ED".
> > One of my grandsons first name is Ashton. I don't know if it has anything
> > to do with it, but our Florida condo is on Ashton Lake Drive.
> > (His middle name is not "Lake".  (nor "Blake").
> >
> > 73  -  Jim  K8MR
> > .
> >
> >
> >     On Monday, January 12, 2026 at 03:38:33 PM EST, jpescatore--- via
> > CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Someone posted log analysis of their NAQP CW score to 3830 and showed
> > that John was the common name, I think Bob came in 2nd.
> > In all my kids' school years, and now grandkids pre-school, not a single
> > John in the mix!
> > We need to attract more ops named Jonah and Cody and Smith (my grandson's
> > *first* name)...
> >
> > 73 John K3TN
> >
> >
> >
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