[CQ-Contest] Callsign Advantages

[Jeff Stai WK6I]

At 04:32 PM 3/10/2003, david.e.burger at au.pwcglobal.com wrote:
>I'd suggest keeping the call - it is neat anyway... otherwise consider any
>2 by 1 callsign ala.....  KZ8Z and hand out a neat prefix in the WPX,
>Oceania contests.

it's cool to be a unique mult in a WPX contest, though it is a bit overrated - seems like 80-90% of the calls are mults - I wouldn't use that as the main reason for choosing a call, but ok as a side benefit...

I am not much of a CW contester, but in dx pileups the two dits at the end of my call just don't seem to ever get lost - maybe it's just the fact that enough of the two quick dits get thru, where one dit is not. In any case the ITALY-INDIA thing is a bit of a bother in phone tests and pileups.

Just do RTTY contesting and you won't have any issues...;-) 73 - jeff wk6i


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