That was my experience too, when I ran CQWW RTTY last fall using K0D.
I feel the RTTY mode was even more susceptible to repeats because even
during normal conditions, letters sometimes get "knocked out" on the receive
string.
European operators seemed to have the most trouble "accepting" my callsign.
A few even insisted in adding a missing letter on my behalf! I don't know
whether it was a propagation thing or that they are not as familiar with the
option of 1x1 callsigns in the US.
BTW, who's K5K??? Obviously it's not well publicized enough! Hi!
If I want to be a serious contender in a contest, I wouldn't use a 1x1
callsign.
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed K1EP" <k1ep.list@gmail.com>
To: "Marty Grozinski" <w2cg@patmedia.net>
Cc: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:29 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] K2A/2,K2A/4 in 160 contest
>I worked them both and I received points for both in my logging
> program, N1MM. I don't think that a 1x1 call is a great idea in a
> contest if you are S&P, unless it is well publicized (i.e. K5K), you
> get too many repeats. I know it got me the first time I got it, I
> thought I missed a letter.
>
> At 1/31/2008 09:28 PM, you wrote:
>>How does one differentiate between K2A/2(NY) and K2A/4(TN) in CQ160
>>contest?
>>We get the second entry as a dupe and zero points when they were clearly
>>two
>>different stations.
>>Marty/W2CG
>>
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