If Ed is the best CW name to use, what is considered the best for SSB NAQP?
73 John AF5CC
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On 1/13/26 2:35 PM, Paul Bourque <pbourque@gmail.com> wrote:
> cq Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
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> Of course, there’s no rule as to what name you need to send. My CW mentor
> was Ed, W1RFI (SK), so for my very first attempt at NAQP CW, I used the
> name Ed in his honor. I know some use nicknames, or their middle names as
> the exchange as well.
>
> See you this weekend on SSB!
>
> 73,
> Paul N1SFE
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 8:20 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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