[CQ-Contest] Official ARRL Section Name Use on SSB?

[Paul J. Piercey]

Frankly, it doesn't matter to me as long as it's understandable. Shouldn't
Chase Volkswagens, Sexy Vixen or Sammy Joins Voluntarily just don't cut it
unless you're 40 over on a quiet band. It's not that hard to give a
recognizable phonetic oration of your callsign and the report. I have never,
to my knowledge, been misheard as VO1AG because I just said my call without
phonetics although, on CW, I do get a lot of V01HE or VO1SE.


73 -- Paul VO1HE  (59 NeverLand)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Eric Hilding
> Sent: November 8, 2006 00:31
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Cc: w6rgg at arrl.org; n6aa at arrl.org
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Official ARRL Section Name Use on SSB?
> 
> (RE-Threaded from: RE: Blogs, changing exchanges and sponsors)
> 
> TRlog author & Contesting Guru, Tree, N6TR, wrote:
> 
> > And even so - some exchanges are worse.  About 20 percent 
> of the time 
> > someone says "SACRAMENTO VALLEY" on phone, someone will log 
> SCV  (or 
> > visa versa).  I have to go remove those from the unstable 
> list manually.
> >
> > My advice to anyone near Sacramento is to say "sugar victor".  It's 
> > not only quicker, it will help improve the accuracy of the 
> information exchanged.
> 
> And the reverse is true.  Being in SCV, I too frequently have 
> people respond with either "Sacramento Valley?" or "San 
> Joaquin Valley".  That's when I usually start screaming 
> "SUGAR CHARLIE VICTOR".
> 
> This raises a very technical question now...
> 
> Does the ARRL recognize the use of "sugar victor" (example) 
> as an acceptable "alias" for "Sacramento Valley" in terms of 
> the offical rules and initial sending of an SEC?
> 
> If "SEC" means we need to give the "Official" name of our 
> Section, then aren't we really required to first and foremost 
> use said "Official" name (until additional clarifier phonetic 
> aides are needed in the QRM)?
> 
> Technically, I am NOT in an ARRL SEC known as "Sugar Charlie 
> Victor" ... I am in the "Santa Clara Valley" section ("Sugar 
> Charlie Victor" ONLY for repeats).  Is "Alpha Kilo" an ARRL 
> recognized SEC name for "Alaska" ???
> 
> I hope someone from the ARRL will make an "Official" policy 
> comment about this.
> 
> 73...
> 
> Rick, K6VVA
> 
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