[CQ-Contest] 3 and 4 letter calls

[Bob Shohet, KQ2M]

You’re cheating Jim – comparing a CW call to one of the greatest symphonies ever written?  LOL!  The fourth movement of Mahler’s 1st or Schubert’s 9th is pretty good too.

Right after every CW or SSB contest that I operate seriously (30 hours or more), I notice that when I hear music of any sort – rock, classical, pop, etc., for the first 15 minutes or so that I hear it it all sounds weird and off key.  It’s like what I have been listening to on the radio has been burned into my brain and other types of signals require time and cognitive readjustment to process their signals properly.  It’s still happens the same way after every contest as it did 46 years ago.

73

Bob, KQ2M 


From: K8MR via CQ-Contest 
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 11:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 3 and 4 letter calls

Though EE5E had the slight advantage that it was very easy to type: just two keys to find. A lot easier than typing KG5HVO's name (BRYANT), though with practice I'm slowly getting it down pat.  :-)

As for callsign music, after operating as VP2EU in 1982 & 1983, I have particular fondness for the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony #7.


73   -  Jim   K8MR