After almost 20 years of contesting with my KB1H callsign as SO or Multi I
finally have broke down and we will use our club call NZ1U in most CW
contests. KB1H has been busted as K6JH (who should have DXCC by now), KD1H,
KB1S, and about any other iteration you can dream up.
Randy and others are 100% correct, watch those dits!
73 and good luck this weekend.
Dick - KB1H
Visit "The Barnstormers Contest Group - NZ1U"
website http://www.qsl.net/kb1h/
24/7 Webcam Link on the website
Email KB1H@arrl.net YCCC----> http://www.yccc.org/
KB1H DXSpider Node ------> dxc.kb1h.com port 7300
2 Meter access on 144.930 Mhz.
NZ1U-3 Skimmer -----> dxc.kb1h.com port 7303
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Thompson K5ZD" <k5zd@charter.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:08 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Watch your dits this weekend
>I am just finishing the log checking for the WPX CW contest and wanted to
> share some observations that may be helpful for WW CW this coming weekend.
>
> Beware of calls with lots of dots!
>
> Missing a single dit can really change the nature of a call. H's become
> 5's
> or S's become H's. Another problematic combination is V's and 4's or J's
> and 1's.
>
> For example, here are all the ways people copied KH7XS in WPX CW (only one
> of these is correct).
> K57XS
> K5ZHS
> K5ZXI
> K5ZXS
> KH6XS
> KH7HS
> KH7X
> KH7XB
> KH7XE
> KH7XH
> KH7XI
> KH7XS
> KH8XS
> KS6XS
> KS7XI
> KS7XS
> KS8XI
> KX7XS
>
> (The most common bust was KH6XS followed by KS7XS.)
>
> Another group of highly busted calls are from Slovenia. S5 becomes SH.
> There is only one SH call I know of (SH3O), so if you see an SH appear in
> your log, ask for a confirmation!
>
> Other examples include N4JN for NV1N. Or N1VI for NJ4I. You don't even
> want
> to know how many variants there were of "special" calls like HF94KE and
> OL25LP!
>
> N6AA coined a term "call sign vocabulary." This is your knowledge of call
> signs and call sign structures. The more you know, the more you are able
> to
> correctly detect calls AND to detect when calls may not be correct.
>
> Another hint -- actually listen to the zone number being sent. This can
> offer a valuable bit of confirmation if the call you copied is matching
> where you expect it to be.
>
> Remember, the CQ WW gives an extra penalty for busted calls, so it is
> worth
> the time to get the calls right.
>
> Good luck to everyone this weekend and watch those dits and dots!
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>
>
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