Why I chose K4RO:
- It really doesn't need phonetics on phone.
No other letters sound like "ARE" or "OH"
and the "KAY FOUR" always had punch to my ear.
- It ends in the most powerful Morse alpha character.
Only the zero has a higher dah count.
- It has the one phonetic that every ham knows: RADIO.
The only downside of "R" is there is no 2-syllable
phonetic, excpet Roger, which no one uses anymore.
- It feels good on CW. I can send it for a long time
by hand without tiring.
- If I want to get cute, I can make up many phrases
that end with "Operator." Radio-Op, RTTY-Op, Retro-Op
Rockin'-Op, and of course my all-time favorite, Rotten-Op.
- N4ZZ recommended it to me. Don told me his elmer K4PJ
recommended "K 4 Radio Operator" to him, but of course
Don wound up with N 4 Zed Zed.
I get confused with K4NO and K4AO the most. On the other
hand, I rarely seem to get mixed up with N6RO or K6RO.
Perhaps being a few thousand miles apart helps. I'm sure
Ken liked it better before November 1996 though. Ken will
always be the Original RO. (And another musician to boot!)
-Kirk K4RO
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