[CQ-Contest] 3 and 4 letter contesting callsigns

[Jack Brindle]

Some of us need those repeats, especially when the station is weak (think G into CA, going over the pole making things worse). JA is a stones throw form here, but at times I needed to hear the six letter call a second time to pull them out of the noise.

If conditions are great and the station loud (and in the clear), I agree. Not all of us are lucky to have a direct clear shot to EU…

73!
Jack, W6FB
City lot station in the midst of Silicon Valley and all its noise…


> On Feb 17, 2020, at 6:08 PM, k5zd at charter.net wrote:
> 
> The 3 letter calls are almost too short!  Especially if they are new and
> blend with longer calls.  The short G calls are getting easier, but some of
> them still throw me.
> 
> A call like M0B seems to be easy.  A call like G3P or M1E always causes me
> to have to think.  Did I get the whole call?  Our ability to recognize a
> call actually goes up as the call gets longer.
> 
> I suspect the guys with the new short calls find that they need to send the
> calls twice or people just don't get them.
> 
> I am fine with short calls being sent twice.  It is the long calls sent
> multiple times that can waste more time.
> 
> Randy K5ZD
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+k5zd=charter.net at contesting.com> On
> Behalf Of Mike Smith VE9AA
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2020 4:16 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] 3 and 4 letter contesting callsigns
> 
> Why is it.you fellas with 3 and 4 letter contesting callsigns send them
> twice? (or more)
> 
> I was on 80m Sat night and 40m Sunday night, with huge signals into EU (and
> presumably vice versa) and
> 
> was running my 4-squares and legal limit, at 38-39wpm, bang, bang, bang,
> QSO,. QSO, QSO,.  all was great with the world and the occasional UK 3
> letter call or all those other 4-letter calls are sent twice, upsetting the
> whole applecart.
> 
> 
> 
> I mean, doesn't that really negate the whole purpose of having a nice,
> short, snappy callsign if you're going to send it twice?
> 
> 
> 
> You may as well have a 3x3 call if you're going to send it more than once.
> 
> 
> 
> Inquiring minds,.
> 
> 
> 
> Mike VE9AA...wishing he had a 3 or 4 letter call.
> 
> 
> 
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
> 
> Keswick Ridge, NB
> 
> 
> 
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