[CQ-Contest] 3 and 4 letter calls

[S57AD]

S55HH is a bit longish...

73, Mirko, S57AD

V V pet., 21. feb. 2020 ob 04:33 je oseba Jim N7JB <n7jb at comcast.net>
napisala:

> Frank,
>
> My favorite call was 5E5E (used by the late W7EJ) during a CQWW SSB
> contest some years back-equally rhythmic, phone or CW.
>
> 73, Jim N7JB
>
> > On Feb 20, 2020, at 2:17 PM, donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Hi Doug,
> >
> >
> > My currently active favorite is SE5E
> >
> >
> > My least favorite are the new 1X1 calls like M1X
> > I'm always waiting for more letters...
> >
> >
> > 73
> > Frank
> > W3LPL
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "Doug Grant" <dougk1dg at gmail.com>
> > To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 8:49:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 3 and 4 letter calls
> >
> > N3QE said:
> >
> >
> > “Then there was the world's shortest callsign... EE5E... sent at 50
> > WPM. Whoever
> > thought that was good for a contest was nuts.”
> >
> >
> > But W3WN said:
> >
> >
> > “Well Tim, I have to disagree with you on the EE5E call.? I got a big
> kick
> > out of that, when it was in use.? It certainly stood out, especially
> after
> > the first time one worked it.”
> >
> > —
> >
> > As co-conspirator on that callsign (with EA5RS), I can attest that half
> the
> > world thought it was the worst call ever and half thought it was the
> > coolest call ever.
> >
> >
> > However it’s dead and buried now. It turned out that the Skimmers in
> some
> > multi-multis has issues with intermod products creating random patterns
> of
> > dits that were interpreted as EE5E on random frequencies. These false
> spots
> > eventually led most of the clusters to reject all EE5E spots as bogus,
> > resulting in the call never being spotted, even when it was actually on
> the
> > air.
> >
> >
> > EA5RS decided that it was a disadvantage in contests to never be spotted
> > and has retired the call.
> >
> >
> > Sigh.
> >
> >
> > Doug K1DG
> >
> >
> > p.s. N2NT says EE5E on CW has the same rhythm as the theme song from the
> > movie “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” https://youtu.be/ZTTzcXSLjhI (skip to
> about
> > 27 seconds in)
> >
> >
> > p.p.s. Now good luck getting that song/call out of your head.
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-- 
Mirko S57AD