[CQ-Contest] Good contact, back to you

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

Shelby and Steve,

It's true, many fellows use Kilowatt. I even had it printed on my first 
batch of QSL cards.

It's another "nit" we can debate...  The official phonetic is Kilo.

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Harrison" <k0xp at dandy.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Good contact, back to you


> At 12:49 PM 2/23/2008 -0500, Shelby Summerville wrote:
>>Robert Chudek  wrote: "After looking at the suggested exchanges the 5th
>>time, the only thing I would change is the proper phonetic for the letter 
>>K.
>>It's kilo, not kilowatt."
>>
>>Hmmmmmmmm...If using kilowatt, instead of kilo, is a mistake, then I make 
>>it
>>constantly? I'm not sure if anyone has logged me as KW4WW, but I know that 
>>I
>>have never logged anyone using kilowatt, instead of kilo, as KW?
>
> Me, too. Technically, it should be only kilo but in reality, most of us 
> say
> kilowatt when we mean K. In fact, if YOU say "kilo watt" to me as a
> phonetic for part of your callsign, I'm not going to understand you mean
> "KW" instead of just K. If you really mean "KW", most folks say "kilo
> whiskey" instead.
>
> Steve, K0XP
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>