Has anyone done a study (or have ancetodal evidence) about which letters (using standard phonetics) get through best on SSB during pileups or marginal/weak conditions? For example, I though "j" would
I can tell you that for reasons completely unknown to me, people (both DX and domestic) seem to copy the "I" in my call as "R", whether I use phonetics or not. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View, TN EM
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) If I was able to choose "the perfect" call, I would sta
The only three letters in the English alphabet that sound unique when said are "L", "O" and "R". All the others can be easily confused with another letter. Looking at it from a strictly phonetic view
This is exactly what should NOT occur, but it has and has resulted in the confusion we have today. There is a standard set of phonetics that has been in place for as long as I can remember (at least
Donīt do that. Using no standard spelling causes even more confusion 73 Peter --Original Message-- From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom
And when I use Del-Ta Del-Ta for phonetics I get a lot of Alpha Delta's from DX stations. When they realize it's "DD", they come back with Denmark Denmark. But If I use Denmark Denmark ..... they don
Author: "David J. Sourdis - HK1A" <hk1kxa@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:09:16 -0500
You have to get more picky if you do contests on CW and SSB. I took several things on account to get to HK1A:-Phonetics and phonetics contrast. -Musicality and rythm of call on both modes. -Same as a
I think this is an interesting conversation. My drift on the issue.... 1. Have a loud signal. (duh) 2. Speak slower for DX - not that they cannot understand, but you cannot be so fast they just don't
When we first in the club decided to go for a vanity call to aid of course in contesting. We had to get rid of the old call it was terrible.! KC9OMQ YUK! can it get much longer? and phonetics? Yikes!
Guess I'll weigh in with my 2 cents. When I use standard ITU phonetics Oscar quite often becomes Alpha. I have tried the old trick of recording myself and then listening to see if I would make the sa
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 s
The problem with the phonetic alphabet is that it is based mostly on English words and English pronunciation, and probably American English to boot. Non-English speakers will pronounce words a differ
Sounds good, but why in UBN reports I am often finding number of people printing my suffix as "A"... 73, Remi, LY8O not ly8a !!! :) Regards, Al W6LX _______________________________________________ CQ
Mike, I found that any call starting "JULIET THREE" worked pretty well... -Rex Rex Lint, Consultant 26 Brek Drive Merrimack, NH 03054 PH: 603-860-7651 This is exactly what should NOT occur,
How does a CW suffix work, for those who have had a call like that or worked stations with it? It seems that CW would definitely stand out on CW and has a nice code rhythm, and Charlie Whiskey seems
Watch out for country names like SPAIN which will be recorded as an "E" for Espagne by spanish speakers; I got hundreds of QSLs to KG4CE in the first batch when I was KG4CS and quickly discarded Spai
That may be because LY8A is in the SCP database and LY8O is not. :-) Regarding non-standard phonetics, I generally agree but I sometimes do use different phonetics when someone is having problems (e.
As other posted, getting your call out there helps a lot. I have been licensed for under 3 years and actively contesting for about 2 years and getting just a partial on my call sometimes results in t