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Re: [CQ-Contest] [Bulk] Best callsign letters

To: John Geiger <aa5jg@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] [Bulk] Best callsign letters
From: Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:41:29 -0400
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On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:08 AM, John Geiger wrote:

> Has anyone done a study (or have ancetodal evidence) about which letters 
> (using standard phonetics) get through best on SSB during pileups or 
> marginal/weak conditions?  For example, I though "j" would be decent letter 
> but many people seem to hear "Juliet" as "India".  Don't know why they make 
> that confusion, but they do.  So, which letters are best recognized and less 
> confused?

"Radio" seems to get through when nothing else will. "Lima" has no voice 
energy, and is often confused with "Charlie", and "Kilo".



Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
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