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Re: [CQ-Contest] Uh oh, NAQP must skew older than I thought

To: k1ep@arrl.net
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Uh oh, NAQP must skew older than I thought
From: Ed Felter <edfelter45@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:51:30 -0600
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Jim

I think you’re on to something. 

Ed AI6O 


> On Jan 13, 2026, at 7:05 AM, Ed Parish <k1ep.list@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Didn't get to use ED this contest as I was at a multiop.  I believe ED is
> the shortest CW common name. A non-Ed using ED is like using a check of 55
> in SS. ;-)  Worked some ALs and MOs but none from from Alabama or Missouri.
> 
> Ed Parish, K1EP
> k1ep@arrl.net
> 
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 00:03 jimk8mr--- via CQ-Contest <
>> cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I thought the most common name in a CW contest with names in the exchange
>> would be  "ED".
>> One of my grandsons first name is Ashton. I don't know if it has anything
>> to do with it, but our Florida condo is on Ashton Lake Drive.
>> (His middle name is not "Lake".  (nor "Blake").
>> 
>> 73  -  Jim  K8MR
>> .
>> 
>> 
>>    On Monday, January 12, 2026 at 03:38:33 PM EST, jpescatore--- via
>> CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Someone posted log analysis of their NAQP CW score to 3830 and showed
>> that John was the common name, I think Bob came in 2nd.
>> In all my kids' school years, and now grandkids pre-school, not a single
>> John in the mix!
>> We need to attract more ops named Jonah and Cody and Smith (my grandson's
>> *first* name)...
>> 
>> 73 John K3TN
>> 
>> 
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