[CQ-Contest] An Observation

[David Robbins K1TTT]

It is definitely one of the reasons I got k1ttt.  My old ky1h had 2 bad
phonetics.  The only problem we have with k1ttt is getting the third t
sometimes, there are lots of stations that seem to get k1tt and lose the
third one.

Another reason is that ky1s was getting lots of qsl's from cw contests.  And
actually k1ttt is faster on cw by a couple dits than ky1h.


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of N5IET Bob
> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 05:21
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] An Observation
> 
> Ok fellows here is my observation:
> 
> First let me say this:
> If it wasn't the reason it could have been the reason
> K1TTT has the call he does.
> 
> After a lot of frustration after this contest I thought a
> lot about call letters and easily recognizable phonetics.
> 
> I am SERIOUSLY THINKING of changing my call.
> 
> My call:
> N5IET (not too bad for CW)
> 
> Two issues one more than the other.
> 
> First of all after Japan finally work up and I was able to
> work them on Sunday I could not understand if they had
> repeated my call correctly because of their accents.
> 
> But more over and more important is the following:
> 
> During the contest the *only* letter I did not have to
> repeat was the T using "Tango".
> 
> If I moved away from Tango they would miss it and I would
> say Tango a couple of times and they would normally then
> get it.
> 
> Most everyone got that.
> 
>  Most of the stations could eventually get the E "Echo"
> But had to be repeated more than the Tango.
> 
> Here is the clincher:
> 
> Almost no stations (without repeating and sometimes a
> number of repeats) except the ones I had a truly 599 or
> probably no lower than a true 559 would get the I "India".
> 
> I used Italy India Indigo Indonesia Iran Iraq (thinking it
> had a hard sound) but almost all stations unless they were
> strong had to have it repeated, some quiet a few times.
> 
> Truth of the matter is I missed three very good
> multipliers who all said "sorry can not copy at this time
> try again later" because of the "I" in my call.
> 
> They got the rest of it but I could not fill in the "I" no
> matter how many times I repeated it or what I said to try
> and get it across.
> 
> I don't have an amp nor a beam and so my signals are not
> all that strong most of the time with DX stations.
> 
> The ones I do contact seem to mostly have good receivers
> such as Yaesu 1000's or Icom 756's or some other low noise
> figure DSP enabled type or the band is quiet and it is
> late at night.
> 
> I am not liking this call the more I actually use it in
> crowed conditions and that mainly because of the "I".
> 
> 
>  73 fer nw,
> Bob N5IET
> 
> 10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
> http://www.n5iet.com/
> Code may be taking a back seat for now,
> but the pioneering spirit that put the code
> there in the first place is out front of it all.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Tom McAlee
> > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 4:51 PM
> > To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] An Observation
> >
> >
> > NT5C wrote:
> > > Anyone else have that problem, or is it my poor
> enunciation of my
> > > native
> > > language?
> >
> > Not with Tango, but I have a similar problem with India.
> It
> > gets picked up
> > as Radio by many non-native-english-speaking operators.
> I've
> > found Italy
> > works much better.
> >
> > Tom, NI1N
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Warren" <nt5c at texas.net>
> > To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 7:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] An Observation
> >
> >
> > > Steve ZC4LI wrote:
> > >
> > >>  > Gentlemen, it came to my notice during the CQWW
> SSB Contest
> > >>>  that it would be a whole lot easier and quicker if
> > everyone  used
> > >>> the correct phonetic alphabet and dropped the
> > >>  > ''Guatamalas,Londons and Japans''
> > >
> > > Yes but....
> > >
> > > I have serious problems with "Tango" in my callsign.
> On tough QSOs,
> > > it's  recognized as "Echo" at least 30% of the time.
> So
> > then I have to
> > > repeat with Tokyo or Toronto - Tokyo seems to work
> best.
> > Anyone else
> > > have that problem, or is it my poor enunciation of my
> > native language?
> > >
> > > John, NT5C.
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