My only problem with the phonetics was having to correct VO1HE from VO1HX.
ECHO and XRAY sound surprisingly similar in a pileup. I found EDWARD did the
trick quicker that ENGLAND or ECUADOR.
It would also make things a lot easier if every station gave its callsign at
the end of each (or every second) QSO instead of QRZ. I must have wasted an
hour listening to "QRZ" stations waiting for some form of identification
only to find that I had worked them already.
73 -- Paul VO1HE
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve and Judy
> Sent: October 31, 2005 07:37
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] An Observation
>
> Gentlemen, it came to my notice during the CQWW SSB Contest
> that it would be a whole lot easier and quicker if everyone
> used the correct phonetic alphabet and dropped the
> ''Guatamalas,Londons and Japans''
>
> The correct version if anyone would like to try it is as follows:-
>
> ALPHA BRAVO CHARLIE DELTA ECHO FOXTROT GOLF HOTEL
> INDIA JULIET KILO LIMA MIKE NOVEMBER OSCAR PAPA QUEBEC
> ROMEO SIERRA TANGO UNIFORM VICTOR WHISKY XRAY YANKEE ZULU
>
> Thanks to all for the 10M Q's and hope to cu in the next contest.
>
>
> 73 Steve ZC4Li Etc.
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