[CQ-Contest] RE: NAQP name handicap experiment

[Bud Hippisley, K2KIR]

At 04:44 PM 2003-01-15 , NN6O wrote:
>The first time I entered NAQP SSB, I used my real first name (Aaron).
>The following was very typical...
>
>Heard: CQ NA CQ NA W6XYZ Contest
>Me: KD6DAE
>Heard: KD6DAE, Jimbo in Cal
>Me: Thanks Jimbo, Aaron in Cal
>Heard: Thanks Darrin
>Me: Correction Aaron
>Heard: Eric?
>Me: No, Aaron - Alpha Alpha Romeo Oscar November
>Heard: Oh, Aaron, thanks. QRZed


That's because you didn't use the right phonetics.  If you had said  "Aaron, as in Elvis Aaron Presley", no one would have needed any repeats....:-)

Bud, K2KIR