[CQ-Contest] callsign advantages

[Peter Grillo, Sr.]

KN0E/KH3 wasn't so bad......it was location, location, location.....but it's
still fun to find the best combo...anyone want my old W6 snappy call?  On
second thought, I wouldn't want to get in a pileup with W6RTT.  It is great
to use Tree's program (TR) to extend the last T on CW.  It adds that extra
punch to the call.

Remember W2CTN? Never used a keyer, but had such a fine swing in his fist.

73,
Pete
W0RTT

----- Original Message -----
From: "jim funk" <jfunk at adams.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 3:23 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] callsign advantages


> Short is not always good, especially on cw if "short" means ending in an
> "E".  Deadly.
>
> Any letter can be loused up on phone, but the ones that have
> similar-sounding phonetics will give the most trouble.  I have a terrible
> time with "Juliet" being heard as "Zulu" and "Foxtrot" being heard as
> "Oscar" or "Papa" (or even "Boston"?????).
>
> Be prepared to use different phonetics depending upon the part of the
world
> you're working.  There are too many examples to list here.
>
> Operate a lot.  More important, operate more than anyone else with the
same
> suffix!  I have trouble staying ahead of K9JF, N4JF, OH3JF, K8JF, K2JF,
> AA5JF, AH6JF, KK4JF, W7JF, W0JF, DL1JF, DH4JF....well, you get the idea.
>
> Be loud.
>
> Two-by-ones are fine if you put them on the air often enough so that at
> least a portion of the crowd has been exposed to the call before.
>
> Accept the fact that a good cw call may not be a good phone call, and vice
> versa.
>
> N9JF is just fair on phone and cw, but it's "me".   KR9L is pretty good on
> both.  The kids love it, as it incorporates their school name "Kids Radio
> Nine Liberty".   W9AWE is awful on both.  The Quincy club pretty much just
> uses it for Field Day anyhow, so what do we expect?
>
> In the end, try not to worry about it too much.  It's still a game....
>
> 73, Jim N9JF, trustee for KR9L and W9AWE
>
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