[Amps] Weakness of first two letters of call signs

[Alek Petkovic]

Yes. I think it is true. That's why, if I get asked for a repeat of my 
call, I will send it at least twice, without a large gap, so that the 
second time it is sent at full steam. That usually does the trick.

I run the inward QSL bureau for VK6. I see a lot of cards come in for 
VK6FO. Funny thing is, that VK6FO does not exist. The cards are actually 
for 4K6FO. I have heard 4K6FO on the air and it is true, the first dit 
is extremely hard to pick up because it seems to be sent at lower strength.

I don't pretend to know why this stuff happens, I only wanted to concur 
with you and say that it definitely does.

73, Alek, VK6APK


On 6/10/2020 6:24 pm, Jeff in Mali: via Amps wrote:
> In my pileups, I find that people often send their call signs only one time. Most call signs are of the form XX#YY or XX#YYY. By the time their sending gets to the #, their signal is strong enough so that I can copy the rest of the call.
> i am wondering if it is a common property of amplifiers that they take a finite time to reach full power and that as people send their call sign, the first couple of letters are being transmitted at less than full power?
> Do people in the group have any experience with this phenomenon, or is it just my imagination?
> I try to get people to send their call 3 times (QSZ 3), but someone has convinced a lot of operators that once is enough.
> 73,
> Jeff TZ4AM
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