[UK-CONTEST] Call sign Dyslexia

[Steve Knowles]

Agree about NATO phonetics not working, particularly under QRM condx.  Did a 
QRP entry with FT817 this time!  Seems that Foxtrot and Oscar are 
indistinguishable when you're down in the noise.  Inexplicably, I had untold 
stations copy me as G2 - I can't see why, 'cos the sounds are so different. 
I had put it down to having had a couple of teeth out recently - perhaps I 
wasn't making the sounds correctly.  Guess it's more complex than that!

Steve  G3UFY


----- Original Message ----- 
From: " Ken Eastty" <ken.g3lvp at btinternet.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Call sign Dyslexia


>
>> I use the phonetics Uniform Echo Golf and they come back Echo Uniform
>> (and interestingly, often Germany rather than Golf).  Would different
>> phonetics help?
>>
>> 73,
>> Dave,  G3UEG
>
> I'm sure that you are right, some of the NATO/ICAO phonetics don't work
> under all conditions, how some choices of words was made is a mystery, no
> doubt decided after many meetings by a committee.
> I wonder what words would be chosen today if the present alphabet was ever
> replaced?
> When I was first licensed I'm sure that no UK amateur would ever gave 
> signed
> 'Germany 3' for risk of being lynched, it always seems wrong to use name 
> of
> a different country for the first letter of a callsign, it must be very
> confusing for the uninitiated to find that Mexico 3 is England.
> George 3 London Victoria Pacific often works better than the NATO/ICAO
> version but I have to remember not to use 'George Sugar Charlie Pacific
> London' when I'm flying, ATC might not be amused.
>
>
> 73...
>
> Ken
>
> G3LVP
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