Name changing is perfectly fine. It's not cheating at all and it's common
on CW in NAQP and particularly in Sprints. Sometimes a group of people will
all use the same name of a patriot contester recently SK. Sure you risk the
element of surprise and busting the Q but it's your choice.
There's a strong argument for being consistent and using the same name.
That would be my choice even with a goofy name like Ralph. Second thought I
could drop the RPH and use Al?
73, Ralph K1ZZI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary McConville" <wb4sq at yahoo.com>
To: "John Laney" <k4bai at worldnet.att.net>; "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr at arrl.net>
Cc: <secc at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [SECC] Goofy NAQP CW Question...
It may be on the edge of cheating, but if you're name is not the same as
what comes up on qrz.com, someone who was verifying you're call may toss out
the contact.
--- On Sat, 5/22/10, Bill Coleman <aa4lr at arrl.net> wrote:
> From: Bill Coleman <aa4lr at arrl.net>
> Subject: Re: [SECC] Goofy NAQP CW Question...
> To: "John Laney" <k4bai at worldnet.att.net>
> Cc: "secc at contesting.com" <secc at contesting.com>
> Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 8:29 AM
>
> On Jan 8, 2010, at 3:50 PM, John Laney wrote:
>
> > It my opinion, if you are known as a contester at all,
> it is probably
> > best to use your own name. You just confuse
> people by using something
> > different. Granted, AA4LR, Bill, uses George
> (his middle name, I
> > think), but he has established that for some time and
> I think W4ATL,
> > Sherman, uses something other than Sherman because
> Sherman is unusual
> > and pretty long.
>
> Sorry to respond to an old message.
>
> My given name is George William Coleman. But I go by Bill.
>
> In the NAQP Phone in 2001, it was just after the
> inauguration of George Bush. I figured that "Bill" was out
> and "George" was in, so I used "George".
>
> I found that "George in Georgia" got through way better
> than "Bill in Georgia" and it doesn't seem to confuse
> anyone. Since then I use "BILL GA" in CW and RTTY, and
> "George in Georgia" in Phone. Both are my name, and it works
> pretty well.
>
> Use whatever name seems to work well. "Ed" is probably the
> shortest recognizable name in CW, and many folks use that.
>
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL
> Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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> -- Wilbur Wright,
> 1901
>
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