[RTTY] NAQP Name

[Jeff Stai]

KAZ shouldn't cause any special consternation. There's plenty of other
"odd" names. I'd rather see KAZ than AL, no offense. Stick with it and
people will get used to it. - jeff wk6i


On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Al Kozakiewicz <akozak at hourglass.com>wrote:

> Last year I got some good advice here regarding the use of my name - Al -
> in the exchange.  It's the abbreviation of a state and apparently confuses
> some software (not N1MM, which I use, at least not in the way I use it).
>  Took the advice and used 'KAZ' instead, a high school nickname.  Seemed to
> make thing worse - there seemed to be more long pauses between sending the
> exchange and receiving a confirmation than last year.  Is it just because
> of the unusual nature of the name or is there some other software related
> reason?
>
> I refuse to use my given name for stupid, pointless vanity reasons.  The
> only ones who use that name are my mother and people I subsequently punch
> in the mouth.  If I can get away with it.
>
> Al
> AB2ZY
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