[CQ-Contest] Splqdecripity

[Jim Smith]

I have tried Fujiyama Osaka on JAs.  Generally get a stunned silence.  
Did get one laugh, though.

73 de Jim Smith   VE7FO

Hanlon, Steve wrote:

>>I think so long as English is used, ops whose English 
>>is accented  need to be aware of this problem, particularly in the case of 
>>numbers, which are not phoneticized.
>>    
>>
>
>Pete-
>
>many ops had a hard time copying my 3 since it is bracketed by a B and K - seems to get lost in sound shift.  i resorted to saying the number three times in groups of three.
>
>three three three  three three three   three three three
>
>that seemed to be the trick that worked.  i can't give advice on the zeros and the nines, but it works wonders for use in 3 land.
>
>another "trick" i used to get the op to copy the A, lost in the sound shift from K to Q, was to think of a city or country name near the DX station.  if they didn't understand ALPHA or AMERICA, i tried ARMENIA or ATHENS.  that really seemed to work too.
>
>-steve hanlon
>KB3KAQ 
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