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

[Bob Wanderer]

Just to set the record straight, I am not calling CQ, I am
S&P'ing.  So I have the luxury of listening for as long as
it takes to get the callsign correctly.  Under certain
conditions/accents/etc. I just have a lot of difficulty with
Alpha and Oscar.  To my old ear, they sound the same.  I
have been contesting for more years than I want to admit it,
and it seems to get worse as the years progress.  Maybe i
need that MFJ speech enhancer!

The entire system doesn't have to be revamped.  Just change
A to America OR O to Ontario (as examples).

Again, since I am searching, changing phonetics if they get
erroneous responses is not an option.  When I do CQ and the
other station has problems (AA seems to many folks to be KA,
probably because they "expect" KA?)
I try different phonetics.

ICAO may work for pilots, but maybe us groundhogs just don't
sound like flyboys!

73
Bob AA0CY
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-cq-contest at contesting.com
[mailto:owner-cq-contest at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Cormac
J. Gebruers
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 2:34 AM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Re: [Dx] Lets change phonetics



I'm going to make myself dreadfully unpopular...however in
the spirit of
always speaking my mind :o)

Maybe people just aren't listening anymore...

Receivers are better than they have ever been - with DSP,
slope tune filters
etc.etc.etc. Granted the bands are busier and qrm is higher
but I would
suggest that receiver technology has the edge over these
factors...

Maybe we need to pay less attention to the computers,
pre-compiled lists of
stations we expect to be on the air, packet clusters, what
we think we
should be hearing etc. and actually listen a bit harder...

Anyone who works DX and/or contests regularly will perhaps
agree how few
stations calling CQ seem to listen out for, or even try to
work weaker
stations...

As an old R/O once said to me - the art of radio boils down
to one thing -
listening. That requires an ability to concentrate -
something that seems to
be in shorter and shorter supply these days ;o)

73 & good Contesting
Cormac, EI4HQ


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