[CQ-Contest] Phonetics, back to basics

[AD5VJ Bob]

I consider this information as a pot of Gold. 

Thanks :0)

Any other understanding you can give us as to the hearers
ear please do.

For example I have heard it mentioned many times
especially lately on the lower bands that the DX station
is have "vy QRN" while on my end it is a "vy quiet band"



  73 fer nw,
Bob AD5VJ

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
Antti 
> Nevantaus
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:30 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> 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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