[SECC] NAQP Names

[Jeffrey Clarke]

How about "Rocker" as in John Rocker HI ! They don't like him in
Cleveland either !!!

                      Jeff KU8E

--- John Laney <k4bai@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> In my opinion, that is a nice gimmick if there is a lot of interest
> like
> there was in January for the Fla election mess.  If we just pick some
> odd
> names and use them, all we will do is decrease our scores.  I should
> know:
> In one NAQP CW, I operated W4AN and unwisely used the name JOHN.  I
> got many,
> many requests for repeats and finally figured out that a lot of the
> backscatter were suddenly afraid they had W4AU JOHN in VA and not
> W4AN JOHN
> (BILL) in GA.  Bill suggested that I should use Bill and I should
> have
> listened to him.  I know that K4OJ uses a different screwy name in
> every
> NAQP, so we have come to expect that, but for most of us, we will
> maximize
> our scores by using our expected names.  If we have another olympics
> or other
> such event of great interest, we might consider a one-time change,
> but
> otherwise I don't recommend it.  It always slows me up (a tiny bit)
> when the
> Talking Eds group in WA change all their names to ED for a contest
> too.
> 
> Only my opinion.  73, John, K4BAI.
> 
> 
> 
> Jay Pryor wrote:
> 
> > There was some discussion, following the FCG's "Chad" effort, about
> the
> > SECC coming up with a name or names that would make the SECC stand
> out in
> > the NAQP.  Is there any interest in doing that?  Florida's effort
> tied in
> > nicely with what was going on the country at that time.  Does it
> make any
> > sense for us to do something similar?  Suggestions of names or a
> name we
> > would all use?
> >
> > - Jay, K4OGG
> >
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