Frankly, it doesn't matter to me as long as it's understandable. Shouldn't
Chase Volkswagens, Sexy Vixen or Sammy Joins Voluntarily just don't cut it
unless you're 40 over on a quiet band. It's not that hard to give a
recognizable phonetic oration of your callsign and the report. I have never,
to my knowledge, been misheard as VO1AG because I just said my call without
phonetics although, on CW, I do get a lot of V01HE or VO1SE.
73 -- Paul VO1HE (59 NeverLand)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Eric Hilding
> Sent: November 8, 2006 00:31
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Cc: w6rgg@arrl.org; n6aa@arrl.org
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Official ARRL Section Name Use on SSB?
>
> (RE-Threaded from: RE: Blogs, changing exchanges and sponsors)
>
> TRlog author & Contesting Guru, Tree, N6TR, wrote:
>
> > And even so - some exchanges are worse. About 20 percent
> of the time
> > someone says "SACRAMENTO VALLEY" on phone, someone will log
> SCV (or
> > visa versa). I have to go remove those from the unstable
> list manually.
> >
> > My advice to anyone near Sacramento is to say "sugar victor". It's
> > not only quicker, it will help improve the accuracy of the
> information exchanged.
>
> And the reverse is true. Being in SCV, I too frequently have
> people respond with either "Sacramento Valley?" or "San
> Joaquin Valley". That's when I usually start screaming
> "SUGAR CHARLIE VICTOR".
>
> This raises a very technical question now...
>
> Does the ARRL recognize the use of "sugar victor" (example)
> as an acceptable "alias" for "Sacramento Valley" in terms of
> the offical rules and initial sending of an SEC?
>
> If "SEC" means we need to give the "Official" name of our
> Section, then aren't we really required to first and foremost
> use said "Official" name (until additional clarifier phonetic
> aides are needed in the QRM)?
>
> Technically, I am NOT in an ARRL SEC known as "Sugar Charlie
> Victor" ... I am in the "Santa Clara Valley" section ("Sugar
> Charlie Victor" ONLY for repeats). Is "Alpha Kilo" an ARRL
> recognized SEC name for "Alaska" ???
>
> I hope someone from the ARRL will make an "Official" policy
> comment about this.
>
> 73...
>
> Rick, K6VVA
>
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