Yes, VE4XT (and VK5GN in another post) is exactly right.
Why in earth slow something down when you don´t have to?
This is exactly what happens when you don´t call with your
full call sign, i.e. you remove the possibility to copy the
callers complete call which is what atleast I strive for,
nothing will beat that for speed.
Also if signals are weak it´s very important to call in a very
precise and exact manner, some people forexample calls
with the full call but at the end they add either last two or
last three or sometimes the prefix only or whatever, that
totaly screws things up. If signals are weak it is very very
important to articulate and call in a very precise manner.
One of my biggest whishes is to get rid of this last two
or not using your correct call sign syndrom.
In the last WPX on clown from USA called med with last
two and I told him that it´s actualle illegal these days to
do so, he responded that he tought it ok to do so during
a contest, at that point I didn´t know if I was going to laugh
or cry so I just said bye bye to him and continued.
Why can´t the cq contest comittee forexample put in the
rules that it´s not apropriate to use last 2 or anything else
but your given call sign? After all it´s not legal any more in
the US. Wouldn´t this be a step in the right direction?,
And also in every contest write up push for it.
de Jim SM2EKM
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