[CQ-Contest] Phonetics, back to basics

[Kelly Taylor]

I would strongly suggest that each station use what works best in the
majority of circumstances and if not standard, then revert to standard as
soon as it appears the non-standard phonetics aren't working.

The point isn't to adhere to standards, it's to be understood. Don't try to
be cute, but don't adhere to standards for the sake of adhering to standards
if yours don't work.

How can you improve upon somthing like Texas Radio? Hotel California? Baked
Potato? They work because they work. When they don't, these ops know what to
do.

Just because something is a standard doesn't mean it works in all
situations.

73, kelly
ve4xt




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Antti Nevantaus" <antti.nevantaus at gmail.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:30 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Phonetics, back to basics


> As I'm not a native English speaker, in my earlier days of ham radio I
> sometimes found it difficult with weak signals to get the callsign
> correctly due to non-standard phonetics.
>
> There are usually two or more words used for each syllable, for
> example on the band you can often hear "Bravo", "Boston", "Baker" or
> "Golf", "Germany", "Guatemala". Only one of these is correct according
> to standards, but the others might be used because they are easier to
> spell for some nationalities. However, I would encourage using the
> standard ones especially in DX QSOs and also to not to confuse those
> who are newer to ham radio and contesting.
>
> 73 de Antti - OH0EA
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