[NCC] Please, Someone Help Me Out!

[tleek8az]

Cal,

Here's my $0.02:

There are a lot of contesters (also known as "lids") who, when looking for a
run frequency, will pounce on someone who they think might not be loud in
the target zone, and who will attempt to steal that frequency by cqing
"over" that station on a VERY nearby frequency.  I think you will find that
K0DXC/1 experiences this phenomenon MUCH more often than K1LZ will, simply
because the average contester knows that K1LZ is LOUD in EU (or whereever)
and that trying to "steal" that run frequency has a limited probability of
success.  Not so with K0DXC/1, who might be running an Icom 706 to an indoor
dipole.

I think you'll have less hassle -- and a better score with K1LZ.

73,
Tom, K8AZ

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Cal Darula K0DXC <k0dxc at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ok..
>
> First off, this is actually pretty stupid. I mean, yeah, I need LOTS of
> help...
> But I'm going to ask for insight on an Amateur Radio subject this time.
>
>
> This weekend in the IARU I will be SOAB HP at K1LZ in Boston... Krassy has
> opened up his station to me, but this is my first single op from his place.
>
> He's given me the option of using my own call, K0DXC, if I want to.  Or I
> can
> use K1LZ.
>
> This being said... Which call should I use??? I'm completely lost, and I
> can't
> decide. K0DXC is long as crap, and K1LZ is a short, good, recognized call.
> Call
> recognition is HUGE, and I just don't have it with K0DXC. All logical
> explanations (that I've come up with) point to using K1LZ. But, with
> K0DXC... I
> could actually operate seriously in a contest using my OWN call! I've never
> actually done that before! I've never been "LOUD" as K0DXC...
>
> Any thoughts? Once again, sorry for the waste of space.
>
> GL to all, and I bet even a few at WRTC in Moscow will read this! I hope to
> work
> you guys, whatever call I may use.
>
> 73,
> Cal, K0DXC/0
> (K0DXC/1 tomorrow)
>
> Oh yeah, and I plan on being CW only this weekend. Yeah, I do have a ton of
> fun
> with SSB... But I have reasons for sticking with the Morse side of things
> this
> weekend.
>
>
>
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