Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
>
> So many times the DX (sometimes a new country or DX-Pedition) comes back
> to
> me as K4VFZ and no matter how many times I send my call I get back "K4VFZ
> R
> R 599 TU QRZ" I have tried QRS and QRQ but when a station has it in his
> mind that I am K4VFZ rather than KV4FZ he has made up his mind, don't
> confuse him with the facts, so its on to the next station. What do I do
> about this? Maybe send KV KV KV4 KV4 but at times it doesn't make a dent
> in
> changing the stations perception that he has
> the call correctly. BTW there is no station licensed as K4VFZ or he
> would
> have 160 meter DXCC by now without even going on TB.
Occasionally, I experience what might be called "brainlock".
For example, in a recent contest, I kept hearing a K6 station
as K7... I kept repeating his call as K7... and he kept sending
K6... which I heard as K7... But his QTH was California which
prompted me to type K6... into Super Check and there he was. I
came very close to logging K7... I guess it happens to other
operators. I don't know what the fix is for it. I have mixed
up V and 4 any number of times. Fortunately, I hear KV4FZ as a
complete word, since it is so familiar to me.
Rick N6RK
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