[CQ-Contest] SS Summary Comments VE4GV
K9NW at aol.com
K9NW at aol.com
Sun Apr 25 16:11:30 EDT 1999
In a message dated 99-04-25 01:06:50 EDT, rkaufman at videon.wave.ca writes:
<< Observation #2
11 of the 50 errors in other peoples logs were miscopies of my
Ck year. They ALL said it was 67 rather than the correct 72. This
is very suspicious. While my pronunciation may have a bit of a
----------------------Howz it goin , eh ?--------------------------------
"Lake Winnipeg" swing ( that's for all you old cw guys who know
what a Lake Erie swing is) I can't see how anyone could confuse
Seven Toooooo with Six Seven. >>
>From time to time, I would insert the word "check" before giving my
check--ie. "200 A K9NW *check* 79 WI"
After a number of acknowledgements along the lines of "QSL the
67 WI, you're......." I learned that some people were copying 6 7
out of "check 7" and somewhere the 9 just got lost in the noise.
I don't say "check" anymore......
Mike K9NW
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