[CQ-Contest] "Kilo" or "Kilowatt"

[Leigh S. Jones, KR6X]

WB5WBW was a very active operator in the period with a good signal into 
California.

Not, however, a contester of note.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark -AA6DX" <AA6DX at ARRL.NET>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] "Kilo" or "Kilowatt"


> And, then, remember the NCCC phonetic skit from back in the early 70s?
> "THIS HERE IS WILLY BILLY FIVE WILLY BILLY WILLY PORTABLE WILLY BILLY
> FIVE"!!
> =];?)  73, Mark  AA6DX
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Davis" <bob at reconstructinghistory.com>
> To: "CQ Contest List" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] "Kilo" or "Kilowatt"
>
>
>> I've been following this thread for a bit now, and think lots of good
>> points
>> have been raised.
>>
>> Yes, the currently-accepted International phonetics aren't the best. They
>> are, however, internationally accepted for aviation traffic, as well as
>> NATO
>> military use.  They work, most of the time.  I find "kilowatt" and other
>> non-standard phonetics rather excruciating, but that's probably due to my
>> military communications background.  But hey, it's not a big deal.
>> Besides,
>> I was brought up on NATO phonetics - which were adopted after many active
>> radio amateurs were licensed - so who am I to kvetch when someone uses 
>> the
>> older, WWII/Korea-era phonetics?  I do tend to draw the line at "cute"
>> phonetics, saving them for goofy chats on 2m FM during my morning 
>> commute.
>> I have a repertiore of non-standard phonetics for when the standards just
>> aren't getting through, though (see below).
>>
>> Dispronouncification can be corrected by consciously speaking the 
>> phonetic
>> in an exaggerated fashion. Often, barking or mush-mouthing phonetics kile
>> Kilo - and I mean no disrespect to you, Steve; it's just the salient
>> example - can lead to miscopy, especially under adverse atmospheric 
>> and/or
>> interference conditions.  I find it best to really exaggerate Kilo and
>> Tango - I remember hearing TM6M in the recent contests; that method of
>> pronounciation really works for me (if you can remember it).  Drawing out
>> the O, in other words. TANG-ooohhh.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bob Norway Quiver Tree Xylophone (joking!)
>
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