[CQ-Contest] Re: Short contest calls.

[Chris Hurlbut]

I think using a "different" or "special" call is beneficial to the score if
it's a little strange.

K2G was a bad choice for KH2.  But... most contesters I know will look up
announced contest operations (like at ng3k.com) and they would have seen
that K2G was KH2 and to look for it.  But K2G was still a bad choice... the
casual op will just tune by a K2.

When I first got KL9A, I had a HUGE pileup and every other person was asking
for my QTH.  Usually I'd just keep working the pileup and say my QTH every
several qso's.  In a contest, people would ask for my QTH after they got
zone 1... adding more qso's for me.  If the pileup was massive, it was worth
it to take the time to say "QTH AK" I would just invite more callers, and
the rate would go up.  I never had pileups like that as WL7KY from the same
station.

I remember when KH7R came on the first few times and everyone thought they
were Kure Island.  I imagine the ops loved it... they had more callers than
they could handle.  So what if the guys calling thought they were in KH7K
not KH6?  KH7 is a valid KH6 call. :)

It pays to keep up on your prefixes and strange calls people will use for
contest expeditions.  Using KL9A in say, ARRL DX CW would probably not be
wise.  I would rather use a KL7 call so the average Joe DXer hears a KL7 and
works me in the contest, not some average midwest station.

Keep the strange calls, but be smart about it... make them strange AND
short.

-Chris KL9A

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yuri Onipko" <va3uz at rac.ca>
To: "KØHB" <K0HB at ARRL.ORG>
Cc: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Re: Short contest calls.




> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yuri Onipko" <va3uz at rac.ca>
>
> > But what I can't get, is it so difficult to send  /W4?
> > Or at least  /4?
>
> It isn't difficult.  It consumes time.
>
> (It's a contest, and time is of the essence.)
>
> ô¿ô  73, de Hans, K0HB
> Lord High Liberator of the Electric Smoke

How about somebody else's time, not only yours? Isn't it good to respect it
too?
And still - using K2G instead of lets say KH2G won't save you much time if
every second guy had to ask you for your country. :-))
Just MHO.
Yuri  VE3DZ

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