[CQ-Contest] CW Call Signs ... the SMOOTH & PERFECT ...

[john-k1rc at juno.com]

Another (CW) tip for the people who have calls that dont flow
as smooth as they want;

Send your c/s at different speeds and find out what speed(s)
(+/- a couple of WPM) where you have a minimum of repeats
required from the other stn. 

With my call (K1RC) my best range is about 28-35wpm.
Anything faster and it sounds more like K1AC or K1RK etc,
especially well into a test where everyone is getting tired.
On SSB, K1 "Rubber Chicken" phonetics usually work in a pinch..

With my old call (K1CGJ) any speed over about 25 was a bear,
but 28-30 worked best. On SSB -  YUK!  Guess thats why I've
stayed on CW all those years..

Now my son Jon has that call to contend with... Heh Heh

JMHO
73,
John K1RC


On Thu, 16 May 2002 01:31:53 +0100 "utahfolk" <utahfolk at xmission.com>
writes:
> Well with the "dit dit dit" series of egrams on the reflector
> I will offer my comments after having callsigns ending
> in HS and KK ... for too many decades  ....
> 
> Studying the issue I concluded that the best callsign
> would be the shortest one that did not end in either 
> a letter with all dits, a letter with ending in double dits or 
> a single dah.  That eliminates E I S H D L Z and T as
> the final letter of a CW callsign ...
> 
> Shortest is a relative term ... the prefix is often chosen
> first and the number of the prefix is probably the
> most constant choice by a given hamateur.   So,
> shortest is then applied to what part of the call is
> left over ....
> 
> A PERFECT  or SMOOTH call is one in which the ending element of
> one letter is the opposite of the beginning element of
> the next letter.  Such calls FLOW very smoothly for the
> most part and are quite easy to copy .and send. ...
> 
> Thus the smooth prefixes are ...
> 
> W 1 2 3 4 5
> N 6 7 8 9 0
> K 1 2 3 4 5
> xA 1 2 3 4 5
> xB 6 7 8 9 0
> ... and so forth.
> 
> Some of the perfect/smooth calls are ....
> 
> K1AR
> K1RO  
> (BTW, the best phoneynetic letters are R and O,
> they don't require phonetics !)
> K5MA
> W1AF
> W1AW
> K1RC
> W1EM
> K2UFT
> W2RQ
> N2CG
> NX3J
> NQ4I
> K4JA
> N0FB
> N6NT
> VA3IX
> VE9DX
> NG7M
> NC7X
> N6BB
> N7CC
> K4SB
> etc etc
> etc etc
> etc etc
> 
> You want a SMOOTH / PERFECT
> callsign if you can get it .....
> 
> ... just a comment folks ....
> 
> ... de Dave xW0MHS K0AKK 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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