[CQ-Contest] Call sign choice

[ktfrog007 at aol.com]

Every year I get a USA 1x1 special event call, usually W1W, which I use for a week of general operating in support of a local festival.  I also use it in the New England QP where it has worked well.  On occasion I've used 1x1 calls in other contests with less satisfactory results.  In the XE-RTTY it works fine, but not in the CQ-WPX-RTTY a week later.  This surprised me as I thought RTTY would less likely to be a problem.

This year I was one of the 13 Colonies ops, using K2H for MA.  That worked well because most ops know the event and expect the 1x1 calls.


Throughout the world most SE calls are longer than usual, which is its own problem.  But  usually people expect unusual or special calls to be normal length or longer.  When people encounter an unusually short call, they think something is missing.

My recommendation in any international contest is to use the V31XX call.    
73,
Ken, AB1J


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill kollenbaum via CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
To: cq-contest at contesting.com <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sun, Oct 24, 2021 7:55 pm
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Call sign choice

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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