[CQ-Contest] 3 and 4 letter calls

[Dave Edmonds]

CW is musical....  Run the last 3 letters of my callsign together - no
spacing - and enjoy the upbeat musical jingle.

There have been times when I'll hear the birds at first light sending cw.

73s Dave WN4AFP

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 9:31 AM Bob Shohet, KQ2M <kq2m at kq2m.com> wrote:

> 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
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> 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
>
>
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