I tend to agree that both rhythm and the last character are significant. My
original call was K9WVJ. The "J" at the end really seemed to be a nice hook,
as it is a long, continuous letter with lots of dahs.
The name of the game is capturing the other receiver's AGC. I believe a
signal with lots of dahs will prevail even against a louder signal with lots
of dits, simply because the average power transmitted over time is greater.
You can discern dahs in a background of dits, it is more difficult to discern
dits in a background of dahs. From that perspective, I'd also say that Dan,
K1TO, has a pretty terrific call.
My experience with my current call reflects this. The most disputed
character is always the "5".
Clearly the best call I ever had was DA1AM. It had beautiful rhythm, flow
and symetry, all but one character ended in a dah, and it also started and
ended with a dah. My worst call ever? W8LXQ! Try that on either CW or fone!
Ugh!!!!!!!
73, Paul, K5AF, KB8N, DA1AM, 7J6CAM, W8LXQ, W6RLR, W9LIZ, K9WVJ
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