[CQ-Contest] Call Sign Weight

Ron Notarius W3WN wn3vaw at verizon.net
Wed Apr 21 18:51:01 EDT 2021


Oh, that one’s easy.  Will never happen, not while the N and A 2x3 calls are not assigned to the Amateur service!

...and I miss working EE5E in contests.  Word was that the call will “never” be issued again, more’s the pity...

73

> On Apr 21, 2021, at 3:50 PM, Malin Dolinger <malind at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> Apropos of difficult call signs, suppose your call is AI5HHH,   how do you
> indicate you've made a mistake on CW?     Or  is that the call sign of a
> mistaken ham operator?
> 
> Malin
> KO6MD
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+malind=cox.net at contesting.com> On
> Behalf Of Michael Adams
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 10:38 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Call Sign Weight
> 
> I'm not aware of any such tool...and I think someone promoting such would
> run into the problem that there is just too much subjectivity involved,
> especially if you start loading in the potential for tweaking how the
> callsign is sent to improve copy-ability, or the evolving consideration of
> what other calls it might be confused with.
> 
> -- 
> Michael Adams | mda at n1en.org
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> So I know that is asking of a lot and probably not possible, but hey I gotta
> ask, is there a weight calculator that also takes into account the real
> world of callsigns?
> 
> Joe WB9SBD
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