[UK-CONTEST] Short Contest Calls.

[ian at ifwtech.co.uk]

G4FAL wrote:
 My personal experience is that I have used M3W for International
contests for
 some time with mixed results. The benefit of the shortened call is
partially
 hampered on CW by the many responses "M3W?" and on SSB by "Mike
Three Whisky,
 what is your call?" or "Who is the Mike Three Whisky?" Now that M3W
has propagated
 through SCP, this has been reduced to one-in-a-hundred or so - on
balance the SCC is slicker!

 The other disadvantage with M3W is that it is attached to a club
call rather
 than my own and therefore doesn't contribute to awards under my
normal
 callsign. That is the price I pay for impatience, hi!

 73 Nick G4FAL (M3W)

The third disadvantage is GM3W!  

73 from Wigtownshire ARC
Ian GM3SEK