I would use " Alan " to avoid any problems.
73, David AD4TJ newby to RTTY
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From: Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff@gmail.com>
To: Al Kozakiewicz <akozak@hourglass.com>
Cc: RTTY Contesting Reflector <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] NAQP Name
KAZ shouldn't cause any special consternation. There's plenty of other
"odd" names. I'd rather see KAZ than AL, no offense. Stick with it and
people will get used to it. - jeff wk6i
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Al Kozakiewicz <akozak@hourglass.com>wrote:
> Last year I got some good advice here regarding the use of my name - Al -
> in the exchange. It's the abbreviation of a state and apparently confuses
> some software (not N1MM, which I use, at least not in the way I use it).
> Took the advice and used 'KAZ' instead, a high school nickname. Seemed to
> make thing worse - there seemed to be more long pauses between sending the
> exchange and receiving a confirmation than last year. Is it just because
> of the unusual nature of the name or is there some other software related
> reason?
>
> I refuse to use my given name for stupid, pointless vanity reasons. The
> only ones who use that name are my mother and people I subsequently punch
> in the mouth. If I can get away with it.
>
> Al
> AB2ZY
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