[CQ-Contest] 3 and 4 letter contesting callsigns

[Edward Sawyer]

That's surprising on TO4A since it was smooth and very easy copy at speed.  

I personally don’t like the 1 x 1s because it seems like something is missing.  The 1 x 2, 2 x 1, never feel that way.

Ed  N1UR

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From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+edwards=sbelectronics.com at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Yuri
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 10:14 AM
To: 'Mark'; 'CQ-Contest at contesting.com'
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 3 and 4 letter contesting callsigns

I had same problem with my TO4A call this past weekend. Even some of the "big guns" had real hard time understanding my call. So, I minimized my S&P. 
Don’t know, maybe because it was not in a database.
At same time, I remember how I first reacted to SE5E calling me in the contest. Took me a couple of calls to understand that this is an actual call sign and not someone just fooling around with me. :-)

Yuri  VE3DZ

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From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+ve3dz=rigexpert.net at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 8:00 PM
To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] 3 and 4 letter contesting callsigns

On the E6Y dxpedition last year we entered the Oceania CW contest. We discovered rather quickly that S&P was hopeless as people struggled to copy our callsign so we simply ran and gave up chasing multipliers.

73
Mark ZL3AB
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