[CQ-Contest] Spotting Errors

[Albert Crespo]

People with long calls increase the rate of error that the other station 
will bust their call. If I  find in my log  something like  KZ0ZZZ , it is 
more likely to be a product of fatigue at my end then a correct call..
If you love your long call, then so be it. But remember you will be more 
likely to get a NIL and no credit for QSOs  then somebody with a call like 
HC8A.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Haavisto" <kamham69 at gmail.com>
To: "Fabian Kurz" <mail at fkurz.net>
Cc: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Spotting Errors


>
> Hi Fabian
>
> Since you know there are issues with your call, perhaps you could get
> a "contest" callsign?  Use your other call the rest of the time...
>
> My first call was VE3HHS (try THAT in a contest!)  Bad on phone, worse
> on CW.  I was very happy to trade that one in once I realized how bad
> it was :-)
>
> Tom - VE3CX
>
>
>
>
>> Nowadays it's easy to get a "vanity call" in DL (although there is no
>> official vanity programme like in the US) but I really don't want to
>> give up my call. Guess I'll use it as a comfortable excuse for my poor
>> contest results for the next few decades :-)
>>
>> (This also brings up the topic of the 'perfect' CW callsign. After
>> many years of intensive research, mainly with RufzXP, I have not come
>> to a definite conclusion yet why some callsigns are easy to copy at
>> ridiculous speeds and others are simply impossible...)
>>
>> 73,
>> --
>> Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK * http://fkurz.net/
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