[CQ-Contest] Call sign choice

[Chris Plumblee]

My sense is that some VE3s elide the second syllable of their prefix
because the vowel sounds of "Vee" and "Ee" are so similar. I've heard the
same phenomenon from K8's, though mostly off the air.

It seems to go like this: "Kate X-ray X-ray" = K8XX

Similarly, "V 3 X-ray X-ray" = VE3XX

If you had a lot of trouble in the SSB sprint, you might give serious
consideration to using the longer call on phone. I don't expect you to have
a similar problem on CW, not least because you'll have ~ a month of being
on the air to increase familiarity. You can also (if you haven't done so)
make sure both calls show up in the SCP, as Rich alluded to earlier.

73,
Chris W4WF

On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 5:00 PM Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I guess two things come to mind:
>
> #1 which ones are in SCP
> #2 is this for CW or SSB
>
> 73 Rich NN3W
>
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 4:44 PM Bill kollenbaum via CQ-Contest <
> cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:
>
> > Quick question...
> > I have the call V31XX, but am allowed to use V3X for the CQWW contest.  I
> > tried the call out last night in the Sprint with mixed results.  Although
> > the call is shorter, quite a few guys struggled to get the call right.
> > Some wanted to make me a VE3, others added stuff to the suffix, etc.
> > Given a choice which call would you use?  Any comments are welcome.
> > Bill K4XS/KH7XS.V31XX
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