[CQ-Contest] Re: [Dx] Lets change phonetics

[Chris Blakely]

The biggest problem I had this weekend was that once the DX op had
determined in his mind that I was a stateside call they very often
substituted K,W for the A in my call.  Not to many N's but it was apparent
that Alpha at the beginning of the call was not something they were used to
hearing or the mind plays funny games in the heat of battle.

Chris, AB1R

----- Original Message -----
From: <Bill at ng3k.com>
To: <contest at qth.net>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>; <dx at qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Re: [Dx] Lets change phonetics


>
> It's pretty well known that the human mind tends to
> "fill in" gaps in what the ear has taken in.   If
> that's true, then it may be the case that short
> phonetics ending in vowels are not the best choice.
> If you've just worked a guy with "alpha" in his call
> and now you work someone with "delta", but the "delt"
> is obscured by QRM, your mind may tend to hear "alpha"
> again.  A process akin to this may account for some
> of the problems reported here.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill/NG3K
>
>
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