[CQ-Contest] An Observation

[Tom McAlee]

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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