> -----Original Message-----
> From: secc-admin@contesting.com [mailto:secc-admin@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Dick Bentley
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 14:13
> To: SECC@contesting.com
> Subject: [SECC] Phonetics
>
>
> Court K4WI reported problems with his call being
> misinterpreted in the SSB test. While tuning around
> on 20 meters I ran into a CT1 whose phonetics I
> absolutely did not understand. I know my ears roll
> off around 1,000 cycles as a result of 44 years of CW,
> but this guy seemed to be saying Charlie Tango One
> Alpha WATEL Uniform. I assume the Watel was Hotel and
> it was CT1AHU. No one calling him seemed to have any
> problem understanding his call, at least no one asked
> for fills or repeats. Anyone notice this?
>
> Dick K2UFT
I had that same problem with CT1A-WATEL-U. I heard other stns asking him to send
his call when they Q'd him and it still sounded like CT1AWU even after he said
it phonetically MUCH SLOWER and SEVERAL TIMES.
It is important to me to log the calls correctly to the best of my ability
because I am working on QRP awards. It would be different if my goal was to
maximize points.
I went back to CT1AHU several times during the contest and finally copied his
call as CT1AHU (which I felt was the correct call). He never answered any of my
calls during the contest. Not even with, "AGAIN?" -hi- I even tailgated other
stns to be sure that CT1AHU was listening but the result was zilch.
I never heard a pileup on him; his sigs were always 59+.
Anyway, it is good to know that our hearing is "normal".
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