[CQ-Contest] Watch your dits this weekend

[Alfred Frugoli]

I do, and over the last 10 years, I've noticed I make a lot less of these
mistakes as I copy more CW.

See you this weekend!

73 de Al, KE1FO

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On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Yuri VE3DZ <ve3dz at rigexpert.net> wrote:

> Thanks, Randy.
> Now, if only people who make this kind of mistakes would read this
> reflector! :-)
>
> 73  Yuri
> VE3DZ / 4P9 (Ooops!...) in WPX CW.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randy Thompson K5ZD" <k5zd at charter.net>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:08 AM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Watch your dits this weekend
>
>
> >I am just finishing the log checking for the WPX CW contest and wanted to
> > share some observations that may be helpful for WW CW this coming
> weekend.
> >
> > Beware of calls with lots of dots!
> >
> > Missing a single dit can really change the nature of a call.  H's become
> > 5's
> > or S's become H's.  Another problematic combination is V's and 4's or J's
> > and 1's.
> >
> > For example, here are all the ways people copied KH7XS in WPX CW (only
> one
> > of these is correct).
> > K57XS
> > K5ZHS
> > K5ZXI
> > K5ZXS
> > KH6XS
> > KH7HS
> > KH7X
> > KH7XB
> > KH7XE
> > KH7XH
> > KH7XI
> > KH7XS
> > KH8XS
> > KS6XS
> > KS7XI
> > KS7XS
> > KS8XI
> > KX7XS
> >
> > (The most common bust was KH6XS followed by KS7XS.)
> >
> > Another group of highly busted calls are from Slovenia.  S5 becomes SH.
> > There is only one SH call I know of (SH3O), so if you see an SH appear in
> > your log, ask for a confirmation!
> >
> > Other examples include N4JN for NV1N.  Or N1VI for NJ4I. You don't even
> > want
> > to know how many variants there were of "special" calls like HF94KE and
> > OL25LP!
> >
> > N6AA coined a term "call sign vocabulary."  This is your knowledge of
> call
> > signs and call sign structures.  The more you know, the more you are able
> > to
> > correctly detect calls AND to detect when calls may not be correct.
> >
> > Another hint -- actually listen to the zone number being sent.  This can
> > offer a valuable bit of confirmation if the call you copied is matching
> > where you expect it to be.
> >
> > Remember, the CQ WW gives an extra penalty for busted calls, so it is
> > worth
> > the time to get the calls right.
> >
> > Good luck to everyone this weekend and watch those dits and dots!
> >
> > Randy, K5ZD
> >
> >
>
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