Fw: [cwops] FD musings

[David Tanks]

Some amusing things that happened over the FD weekend; however, I take exception to the statement of giving out state names phonetically is not necessary. If there is QRM or other, then it may be mis-copied.

David AD4TJ

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Sent: Monday, June 24, 2024 at 07:12:20 PM EDT

Subject: Re: [cwops] FD musings

Before cw I tried  RTTY and made a few contacts.  Two stand out:

1.  Instead of 3A MN I received:      "Please copy  3A in Minnesota. Do you QSL? "

2.   Instead of 1D MI  look what printed:  " Please copy ONE DELTA in MICHIGAN  QSL?"     ON RTTY!!

Oh well.. had a few chuckles  and lots of fun..

73, George K4GM

On 6/24/2024 6:31 PM, VE9AA - Mike wrote:

On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 01:00 PM, Jim Stahl wrote:

Another minor musing about phone contests in general (if I'm allowed to talk about them here on a CW list) is people who give out a state or section in phonetics, not simply be name. Why not just say "Tennessee" rather than "Tango November"?  

 

When I operate NA phone contests where the Canadian Province of NB (New Brunswick) is a multiplier, I switch between "November Bravo" and "New Brunswick" (often run together as one word locally "Newbrunswick".)...if I recognize your callsign, I might just say the letters "NB" as the risk of you botching it are very low.

  About 1 in 20 or 30 NA callers will ask me how to spell that, while others will say something like "thanks for Nebraska" or "is that November Delta?" (Oh, do I wish I was making these things up)

So...the more the NA contest goes on, the more I revert back to "November Bravo" (hard for those geographically challenged ops to mess it up when I am giving them the exact answer that's not open to interpretation.(I always say "November Bravo" to DX in DX contests)

As usual in contesting "it depends" definitely applies.
 
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Mike VE9AA 1347

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[Butch Washer]

In a phone contest, they will hear “Victor Alpha… Virginia”from me every time! I only want to say it once and I do the majority of the time. 

Butch N5SMQ VA… Virginia!!

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On Jun 24, 2024, at 7:17 PM, 'David Tanks' via Valley Hams <valle...@googlegroups.com> wrote:



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[Ray Albers]

David,

I sort of agree with you, not so much about QRM but rather to prevent errors - prime example:  “Three Alpha Maine.”  And Maine gets into the receiving station’s log as MA[ine] rather than ME

73 de K2HYD 

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[Baldwin Corey]

I gave the ITU phonetic of my section and state twice, "3 Alpha Victor Alpha" on phone. It is brief enough and rarely questioned. Even during QRM, if they miss part of my phonetic on the first announce they will get the part missed on the second announce. 

Speaking of using ITU phonetics. I really wish everyone would use them instead of the random words they sometimes choose. We had a guy on phone come back with a callsign suffix of "KFT" and he used "Kentucky Fried Turkey". I need to start a list of substitute words folks use. It could be entertaining.

73,

Corey - KO4CTF