When you think about it, the standard phonetics are deficient in that
regard. Juliett should not be so close to Zulu. Alpha can easily be
mistaken for Papa or Delta (and vice versa). Add in a heavy
sprinkling of QRM, atmospheric and manmade noise and the heat of a
contest and it is not a good situation.
Ryan, N2RJ (last letter Juliett, not Zulu)
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:08 AM, DF3KV <df3kv@t-online.de> wrote:
> Don´t do that.
> Using no standard spelling causes even more confusion
>
> 73
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom Haavisto
> Sent: Donnerstag, 22. April 2010 06:33
> To: John Geiger
> Cc: dx-is@yahoogroups.com; cq-contest@contesting.com; okdxa@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Best callsign letters
>
> Hi John
>
> Just my two cents worth:
>
> Don't use Juliet - use Japan.
> I would use Germany instead of Golf. Longer (more syllables, but less
> confusion)
>
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