And when I use Del-Ta Del-Ta for phonetics I get a lot of Alpha Delta's from
DX stations.
When they realize it's "DD", they come back with Denmark Denmark.
But If I use Denmark Denmark ..... they don't hear me.
Hank K8DD
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Doug Smith <dougw9wi@gmail.com> wrote:
> John Geiger wrote:
> > Has anyone done a study (or have ancetodal evidence) about which letters
> (using standard phonetics) get through best on SSB during pileups or
> marginal/weak conditions? For example, I though "j" would be decent letter
> but many people seem to hear "Juliet" as "India". Don't know why they make
> that confusion, but they do. So, which letters are best recognized and less
> confused?
>
> I can tell you that for reasons completely unknown to me, people (both DX
> and domestic) seem to copy the "I" in my call as "R", whether I use
> phonetics or not.
>
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> Doug Smith W9WI
> Pleasant View, TN EM66
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