[CQ-Contest] Oceania contest lessons

[Saulius Zalnerauskas]

Hi, was so nervous yesterday with those YC on 15m day-time and evening on
40m:
CQ Contest CQ Contest
Yankee Charlie number XXXX
Contest
LY5W
OK , Lima yankee five whiskey you are 59 xxx
Thanks, your 59 047
Thanks 047, again your call Lima Yankee
LY5W
OK, Lima Yankee five whiskey, number again
59047 047 047
OK 047, Your call again please
.................
Sam LY5W

On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 5:49 AM, Charles Harpole <hs0zcw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Things I have learned, again, this time working people in triangle area
> from Singapore to Palau to Timor and humbly and apologetically offer advice
> to operators in that area.........
>
> -Learn more radio English.
> -Practice saying your call sign in clear English, not so fast, and use
> clear phonetics*.
> -Learn alternative words for your call in other phonetics.
> -Repeat your info at least twice all the time.
> -Give your whole call sign, especially the prefix for yagis to be turned to
> you.
>
> ​Thank you very much.  Help upcoming DX contest sponsored in that area (in
> January?).
>
> *Do not use GULF, GOLF, ALPHA, BRAVO, ​DELTA, ECHO, HOTEL, KILO, LIMA, and
> other bad ones.
>
> Use AMERICA, BOSTON, CANADA/CHARLIE, DENMARK, ENGLAND, FLORIDA, GERMANY,
> HONOLULU, ITALY, JAPAN, KENTUCKY, LONDON, MEXICO, NORWAY, ONTARIO, PAPA,
> QUEEN, RADIO, SANTIAGO, TOKYO, UNITED, VICTORIA, WASHINGTON, X-RAY,
> YOKOHAMA, ZANZIBAR.
>
> ​I have spent years testing these words with non-native English speakers
> and THEY WORK first time.  They are based on common PLACE names featured in
> the news media in most languages​, PORTUGAL, QUEBEC excepted.
>
> Thanks, 73
> Charly, HS0ZCW
> ​   HONOLULU SANTIAGO ZERO ZANZIBAR CANADA WASHINGTON​
>
>
> Better to be heard long *once* than not heard shorter three times.
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