[CQ-Contest] section names, SD v SDG

[steve.root at culligan4water.com]

>On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 21:49, steve.root at culligan4water.com wrote:
> I worked an N2 who gave me a perfect exchange, except for a sectiuon he sent "NY". I asked him 'SEC?" and he again sent "NY". So I asked him >"ENY, WNY, or NNY?" and he just sat there completely confused. So I finally said "Tnx anyway NIL", deleted the QSO and went back to work.

>I have in such cases asked what their QTH is and, working from either
>memory or a map, determined which section they were in.

>Of course, that's pretty easy if they say "Buffalo" or "Riverhead",
>(which are pretty obviously in WNY and NLI respectively) not so much so
>if they say "Utica". Think I'd probably have to scratch the QSO.

>Steve, are you sure you QRS'd enough? A lot of people can handle an SS
>exchange at 26-30wpm (maybe because they've listened to your last ten
>QSOs and pieced together the fixed parts of the exchange) but if you ask
>a question, they can't handle it any faster than 15-20. 

>(SS would be a lot more fun if we had more of this kind of operator)
>-- 
>Doug Smith W9WI
>Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
>http://www.w9wi.com

I have to admit that I have absolutely no idea what ARRL section Riverhead NY would be in so I don't know if that would be very useful. With all due appologies to the good folks in Riverhead, I'm not even sure I've ever heard of it. And it could be potentially time consuming. What if the guy live in Upper Berditzmanville Heights and repeated it three times?
 I always have a paddle hooked up in parallel that's set to a slower speed so I can asks for fills or send an exchange at a slower speed. And a paddle lets you send "Farnsworth Slow" or put a little personality into it.I did QRS down quite a bit when I worked this guy but I felt that it wasn't going to happen. 
73 Steve K0SR


73 Steve K0SR