- 1. [Amps] Phonetics (score: 1)
- Author: COLIN LAMB" <k7fm@teleport.com (COLIN LAMB)
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 07:00:13 -0800
- I have found a simple approach to understanding phonetics of a dx = contest station. Sometimes I cannot understand the call sign of a = strong station. I figure half the problem is at my end and the
- /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00299.html (7,376 bytes)
- 2. [Amps] Phonetics (score: 1)
- Author: wy6k@yahoo.com (WYsixK)
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:50:57 -0800 (PST)
- I have always had good luck switching to the names of famous cities if the other station has trouble with the call when I use the "standard" phonetics. It seems that it is rarely useful to keep repea
- /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00320.html (7,105 bytes)
- 3. [Amps] Phonetics (score: 1)
- Author: stevek@jmr.com (Steve Katz)
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:05:10 -0800
- Here's one that's worked for me numerous times, although it's getting less and less effective as years go by... If a DX station can't understand me, or my accent, or whatever, I switch to CW and send
- /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00321.html (8,619 bytes)
- 4. [Amps] Phonetics (score: 1)
- Author: 2@mail.vcnet.com (Richard)
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:13:50 -0800
- I send my call on Morse by blowing in a four-holer (A, G. D, E) violin pitch-pipe. No offset is needed. Amen - R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures. end
- /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00326.html (7,064 bytes)
- 5. [Amps] Phonetics (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:59:56 -0500
- station. Sometimes I cannot understand the call sign of a strong station. I figure half the problem is at my end and the other half is at the transmitting end. Repeats do not seem to help. So I say 7
- /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00327.html (7,483 bytes)
- 6. [Amps] Phonetics (score: 1)
- Author: stevek@jmr.com (Steve Katz)
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:21:58 -0800
- Yep, Pete, seen that. Lots of "busted calls" on the cluster, for sure. And a number of them wouldn't be valid callsigns, anywhere -- thankfully, for those, WriteLog questions them and tries to make y
- /archives//html/Amps/2002-03/msg00328.html (8,560 bytes)
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