[UK-CONTEST] CQ WW 160M CW

[Peter Hobbs]

David

It may be the specific call.  I was warned by Tree N6TR (in connection 
with the SP Challenge) that I might find my standard call more effective 
than M5O, but this was not borne out over the weekend, when I made a 
couple of hundred more QSOs than the previous year.  The main advantage 
I think was in running, when people have more chance of getting the call 
right and from a marketing viewpoint, you can get your call aired more 
times per minute!  Only once or twice in S&P did I have a query, but I 
usually gave the call twice when calling.  So, overall I'm happy with 
mine, but interesting to hear your experience!

I did do a double take when called by a couple of the G3 + 1 short 
calls, so we both avoid that issue!

73, Peter G3LET

David G3YYD wrote:

>Due to various other commitments I was only able to do the last couple 
>of hours.
>
>One thing I found was using a short contest call, M7T, that about 15% of 
>the people I called could not get their head round a call that is only 3 
>characters long. They felt that letters were missing even after they had 
>copied the M7T perfectly. Lots of M7T? even after a double repeat. I 
>found turning the keyer down to 18 WPM from usual 27 to 30 WPM got the 
>point across - I did this after I had previously sent R 5NN14 in reply 
>to there M7T? 5NNZZ.
>
>I note that England is one of very few countries that has a prefix 
>enabling use of a 3 character call. Most countries minimum call length 
>is 4 as per the other UK countries.
>
>I am seriously wondering if it is just as "good" to use my normal call 
>rather than an SCC. Or may be I should have gone for a GnX call rather 
>than a MnX call. I would like to know what others have experienced in 
>this regard.
>
>I suspect a better alternative for England would be a GnXX call but you 
>need to know the right people as well as being very persuasive to get 
>one of those.
>
>I would welcome comments from others experience of using a 3 character 
>or a 4 character call.
>
>73 David G3YYD
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