[CQ-Contest] SSB Sections in SS

Craig Cook craig.n7or at gmail.com
Wed Oct 18 23:23:16 EDT 2006


I like that my suffix matches my section. It seems that people about half
expect that after they hear my call. SOmetimes they say something like,
"Gee, wonder where you are".

On 10/18/06, Art Boyars <art.boyars at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> VO1MX and VE3DZ mentioned that poor enunciation makes it hard to copy your
> Section -- especially if the receiving op is not familiar with the the
> info.  This brings me back to my Little Pistol question -- on SSB
> (especially if the signal is weak) which way is easier for the receiving op
> to copy: "Maaarylaand" or "Mike Delta (Charlie)"; or "Losss Aangeless" or
> "Lima Alfa Xray"?
>
> I would think that the phonetics are more clear, and that they take one
> less translation step from ear to keyboard.  But I'd like to hear what the
> "real" phone op's think.
>
> 73, Art K3KU
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