[CQ-Contest] 3 and 4 letter contesting callsigns

[Mike/W5JR]

My worst FD was way before automatic sent CW. And back then, one was obligated to add the fraction bar and number at the end. On the Heathkit keyer with micro switches. Send the W and then hold the dit paddle down...

W 5 S H / 5



tnx
Mike / W5JR 
Alpharetta GA

> On Feb 17, 2020, at 16:52, Sterling Mann <kawfey at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On that note, every time I operated from W0EEE, I would have to be e x t r
> e m e l y precise with my dits or else it's W0EI, W0IE, W0S ? ? ?
> 
> I always laughed when an op would send back W0E E E E E E E E  like a
> broken record.
> 
> Sterling N0SSC
> 
>> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 8:08 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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