I consider this information as a pot of Gold.
Thanks :0)
Any other understanding you can give us as to the hearers
ear please do.
For example I have heard it mentioned many times
especially lately on the lower bands that the DX station
is have "vy QRN" while on my end it is a "vy quiet band"
73 fer nw,
Bob AD5VJ
10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Antti
> Nevantaus
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:30 AM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Phonetics, back to basics
>
>
> As I'm not a native English speaker, in my earlier days
of
> ham radio I sometimes found it difficult with weak
signals to
> get the callsign correctly due to non-standard
phonetics.
>
> There are usually two or more words used for each
syllable,
> for example on the band you can often hear "Bravo",
"Boston",
> "Baker" or "Golf", "Germany", "Guatemala". Only one of
these
> is correct according to standards, but the others might
be
> used because they are easier to spell for some
nationalities.
> However, I would encourage using the standard ones
especially
> in DX QSOs and also to not to confuse those who are
newer to
> ham radio and contesting.
>
> 73 de Antti - OH0EA
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