[CQ-Contest] NAQP CW observations

[Bill Coleman]

On Jan 17, 2006, at 9:48 PM, Art Boyars wrote:

>  It's nice to get peoples' names, but some names sure are hard to  
> copy if the sig is a little weak.

That's part of the challenge!

>   I found myself wondering why my parents had not named me "BOB".   
> And then there were the guys who outsmarted themselves by using  
> cute names.  I had thought of doing that.  I was going to name  
> myself "EEN", and get everybody confused, or maybe bust the QSO  
> when they typed 599.  But I figured that would just get me on  
> everybody's do-not-call list.  Don't want that!

For about five years now, I have been using "Bill" in the CW portion  
and "George" in the Phone. "Bill" is short and distinctive on CW.  
Using "George" is alliterative with my state of Georgia. "George  
Georgia" or "George in Georgia" needs very few repeats, although  
several guys will say, "I didn't get your name", or "I didn't get  
your state". And there's a handful who can't spell "George". Despite  
all that, it's much faster than using Bill on phone.

The only guys who get confused are the handful that know me, either  
local guys, or those in the SECC, or some on the reflector, or maybe  
guys that worked me in the CW portion.

Bottom line, you can just any name you want. In CW, there are an  
awful lot of "Ed"s and "Al"s. It's up to people to copy what you  
send, or face a busted QSO.

Picking something hard to copy, like someone who used  
"Rumplestiltskin" a few years ago, will slow your rate. Choose wisely.


Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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