[UK-CONTEST] CQ WW 160M CW

[Fred Handscombe]

Hello David

I was very surprised to see you chose M7T when you announced the call here 
some weeks back.

People are so used to working M 6 T that they will find it hard to be sure 
it is not really M6T, especially those who rely on SCP databases

I think you will have problems for some time to come, more so when M6T is 
also active.  Maybe not on RTTY.

I think another less well known, near combination would have been better but 
it was your choice.

GL

73 Fred
A65BD - sometime 10m op at M6T


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David G3YYD" <g3yyd at btinternet.com>
To: <UK-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 6:05 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] CQ WW 160M CW


>
> 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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