I agree totally.
?You are a General get a 1x3. There are over 3000 available in the 4th district
most of them immediately available according to www.vanityhq.com
Even you're initials are available but that might be worse that KB4KBS .. sfs
is confusion in waiting..
I don't like E I or H.
General rule is the shorter the better.
Double letters are nice.
Some of my favorites are S and X.
I've seen spreadsheets somewhere that weight the call.
I made one myself when looking for a call.. N is shorter than W or K
I tried for N4GM but got beat in the lottery.
Gordon N4LR???? (ex KS5M)
--- On Tue, 11/29/11, Hal Kennedy <halken at comcast.net> wrote:
From: Hal Kennedy <halken at comcast.net>
Subject: [SECC] Who's problem is it?
To: secc at contesting.com
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 8:18 AM
Thought I would jump in.? First Scott, as you know, KB4KBS is a
handicap in itself.? Do whatever it
takes to earn and get a 1X2, 2X2 or 2X1.?
While getting vanity calls in the 4th district is hard ?
if you can, try for one that does not end in a dit.? My latest problem is the
dit on the end of my last ?G? is getting missed
by some skimmers and reporting me as N4GM.?
I am starting to dislike skimmers a lot?..
?
I?m with Lee.? In your situation, never send an
exchange until the guy comes back with your correct call.? Keep at it as long
as it takes.? The fact that you come back with only
your call and no exchange tells the other guy he has it wrong.
?
I?m also with Lee on speed.? I can copy calls and exchanges at 50
WPM, but I don?t.? I have my
speed settings in 2 WPM increments, some of the best contesters set up in thee
WPM increments.? I spent 30% of my
time at 31 WPM, probably 60% of my time at 29 WPM, and the last 10% hand keying
with a keyer I have in parallel with the computer at
speeds down to 15 WPM.? Under really
tough conditions I was at 15 WPM on 160 at times.? Also, there was tremendous
backscatter
and multipath on 10 and 15 at times (sounds like echos).? There
you may need to slow down a lot to get your call through.
?
When I can tell the other guy is really
struggling with the front or back of my call, I will send that part alone
several times:? N4GG, GG, GG, GG.? That usually
does the trick and I will probably cut the speed down when I have to do that.
?
If you were logged wrong on the other end,
you get the Q and the other guy gets a busted call which includes loss of the Q
for him plus a penalty for him.? You
are fine.
?
Lee has had the problem most of us have
with domestic Qs.? The other guy may
not log you.? This is poor
sportsmanship and a long story unto itself.
?
My best advice ?
slow down.
?
73,
Hal N4GG
??
?
On
Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 7:24
AM , Scott Straw <scottstraw at mindspring.com>
wrote:
?
One thing that I noticed during CQWW this past weekend
is a worrisome number of times that my call was repeated back to be as KB4KBH,
not the correct KB4KBS. ?At 30-35WPM-plus, that fourth dit somehow
mysteriously seemed to appear in my transmission.
?
?I know it wasn't op error at my end; N1MM did
ALL of my sending at that speed (a transmission rate dictated by the CQ-ing
station, not by me).
Why send so fast if your experience shows folks have a problem with the
S?? I spent most of the weekend varying between 29 and 31 wpm according to
N1MM.? The other alternative is to slightly slow down the sending of the
last letter, say by 2 or 3 wpm if it proves to be a problem for some.
My SOP was to send my call until recognized, then to
send a signal report, my CQ zone, and then my call once again (599 {EXCH} * for
those who understand N1MM macros).
That's a problem.? If the station thinks he's got your call right, once
he's heard the exchange, he's on to the next QSO.? If you must send your
call to let him know that there's a problem, do it before the exchange - no,
not procedurally correct historically, but a necessary modification for the
contest.
?
If I heard them recognize me wrong, I would patiently
send my complete call again until they sent it correctly. ?Alas, I fear I
may have missed one or two.
Just make sure your callsign is sent back to you correctly before you send the
exchange.? Once you send the exchange, the Q is done.
So, for the small fraction of stations that heard the
phantom extra pip and logged my call wrong, I suppose I'll get a NIL, right?
I reckon.? If they have a U+1, the CQWW software may let you slide.?
I don't know what their policy is these days.? I do know that I've been
penalized by the CQWW committee for a QSO with a US MM station that the US MM
didn't log.? I lost a double mult and they got no penalty for being
lids.?
73 de Lee
--
Lee Hiers, AA4GA
www.aa4ga.com
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