[CQ-Contest] Callsigns

[k1dg at ix.netcom.com]

K7BG said:

>-I hope K7DG doesn't get too many errant QSL cards. I don't 
>know how active that call is, but he may have DXCC without 
>ever even getting on the radio.
>
>Matt--K7BG

After every CW contest I operate from home, my high-school buddy K1BG gets a handful of bureau cards.

After every SSB contest I operate from home, K1DJ gets cards. The first time it happened, he sent me a very angry letter insisting that I should try harder to make sure people got my call right. Last month I got some cards that K1DC received.

And I won't comment on the whole N1DG mess.

However, I can definitely say that "D" is a bad letter to have in your callsign on CW, and "G" is a very bad letter for phone.

My first choice of vanity calls way back when was also taken. It was K1AR (not really, but it would make a funny story).

73, and don't forget - only 1 day until the Poisson d'Avril Contest!

Doug, K1DG  
"Denmark Jermany" (or "Denmark Chermany", if you prefer)