And, since he's (N4 Baked Potato) been doing this for decades, it's expected
rather than an issue.
Since SS is primarily a "domestic" contest, such stuff is effective. I still
remember things like "K 4 Worked All Bands" in SS from back in the 70's.
73,
de W5OV
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Younker NE6I
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 7:44 PM
To: reflector cq-contest
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Best SS exchange yet!
Over the years, I've found that the few stations using creative phonetics
actually stand out in a contest, especially if rules permit working them
only once regardless of band. I am far more likely to remember that I've
already worked N4-Baked-Potato than I am N4-Bravo-Papa. And thus I don't
even need to enter N4BP in my logging software to see if he's a dupe.
--Dennis, NE6I
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maarten van Rossum" <pd2r.maarten@gmail.com>
To: "K1TTT" <K1TTT@arrl.net>
Cc: "reflector cq-contest" <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Best SS exchange yet!
>I can imagine that it can be very effective if enough people know you by
> those phonetics.
> Just for the record, I didn't day the OM was juvenile, just the way that
> he
> pronounced his call *sounded* juvenile to me.
>
> Come to think of it, I once had a QSO with W1FDY and he pronounced it as
> "Whiskey One Frozen Darn Yankee"
> I still remember it because of the way he pronounced it. So I guess in a
> way
> it does make some sense after all.
>
> That said, it still sounds silly to me...;-)
>
> 73, Maarten
> PD2R
>
> 2010/11/21 K1TTT <K1TTT@arrl.net>
>
>> That's n4-baked-potato, everyone knows who it is just by the baked potato
>> suffix!
>>
>>
>> David Robbins K1TTT
>> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
>> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
>> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Maarten van Rossum [mailto:pd2r.maarten@gmail.com]
>> > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 18:14
>> > To: Jim Reisert AD1C
>> > Cc: CQcontest Reflector
>> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Best SS exchange yet!
>> >
>> > LOL ;-)
>> >
>> > By the way, Some people get very creative with their call-sign's
>> > phonetics?
>> > I heard some guy refer to his last two letters of his call as "Backed
>> > Potato's" instead of Bravo Papa.
>> > I can't help it but that just sounds really juvenile to me...
>> >
>> > I have read that some people do this frequently but I just don't hear
>> > it
>> > that often on this side of the pond, let alone on HF.
>> >
>> > 73, Maarten van Rossum
>> > PD2R
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 2010/11/21 Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>
>> >
>> > > I heard one station on 15m Sunday morning. He sent the following:
>> > >
>> > > "number prec MY CALL check section"
>> > >
>> > > Yes, he actually said the words "MY CALL".
>> > >
>> > > I, State your name.....
>> > >
>> > > 73 - Jim AD1C
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