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Re: [CQ-Contest] Can a call be too short?

To: "'Mike Ritz, W7VO'" <w7vo@comcast.net>, 'Contest List' <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Can a call be too short?
From: Al VE1AL <VE1AL@eastlink.ca>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:19:01 -0400
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Since 1970 I have used VE1AL and before that VE1JN.  I can count the number
of errors using a call ending with a dit on the fingers of one hand.

73

Al, VE1AL




-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Ritz, W7VO
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:45 PM
To: Contest List
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Can a call be too short?

John; 

The one thing I have heard is that you generally do not want a call that
ends in a dit, such as the letters B, I, S, H, E, G, etc. That dit often
gets "lost in translation". 

Mike, W7VO 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <nss@mwt.net>
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 8:08:37 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Can a call be too short? 

I know when we got the call we were extremely excited, W9ET. but I Know it
works and it works good, but when sending it we end up having to send it
with some extra spaces in it, like W9 E T with a extra space after the 9
and the E otherwise we do indeed get a lot of repeat Requests, 

Joe WB9SBD 

The Original Rolling Ball Clock
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On 2/15/2012 9:48 AM, John Geiger wrote: 
> I am helping with some research about ideal calls in terms of DXing and
contesting, and was rereading some of the old posts about ideal letters in
a callsign. I wonder if some combinations can be too short for CW? Do the
single character letters like E and T tend to get lost in pileups and
require repeats a lot? Would a suffix like EET or TET be problematic? Or
does it help that they are shorter to send? 
> 
> 73s John AA5JG
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