[CQ-Contest] An Observation

[N7MAL]

Whoa: let's back this train up. Who decides what the """correct""" phonetics are? The phonetics you cited are the commonly accepted military phonetics, which is what we should expect from someone whose prefix is ZC4. I spent 99% of my contest time listening to 75m. I heard "RADIO FREQUENCY" and "NORTH AMERICA" get through to the orient with no problems, I also heard "UNIFORM CHARLIE" get through, and  I also heard "OCEAN GERMANY" blow down every pile-up he got in. It's whatever you the operator are most comfortable with speaking. If you're having trouble getting through with your preferred phonetics try an alternative. In order to be successful in contesting you need to be comfortable and  not be worrying about being 'politically/militarily correct'.
And you wonder why CW is my contest mode.........


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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve and Judy 
  To: cq-contest at contesting.com 
  Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 7:36
  Subject: [CQ-Contest] An Observation


  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''

  The correct version if anyone would like to try it is as follows:-

  ALPHA  BRAVO  CHARLIE  DELTA  ECHO  FOXTROT  GOLF  HOTEL  INDIA  JULIET  KILO  LIMA  MIKE NOVEMBER  OSCAR  PAPA  QUEBEC  ROMEO  SIERRA  TANGO UNIFORM  VICTOR  WHISKY  XRAY  YANKEE  ZULU

  Thanks to all for the 10M Q's and hope to cu in the next contest.


  73  Steve  ZC4Li    Etc.
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