Even with my limited operating, I have noted the same thing. So generally
sending both is the best: "59 Arkansas, Alpha Romeo". (I am not that loud on
the band and fills are common.)
I do leave the Check Call window open and try to only give "59 Arkansas" on
additional band contacts to speed things up for me and the DX, though.
Steve, W5KI
In a message dated 3/4/2008 9:21:05 P.M. Central Standard Time,
w4nz@comcast.net writes:
Dale,
Interesting you should mention this...and use Tennessee as an example! <g>
I had the same thoughts on Friday evening while playing around in the
contest. So I decided on a
little experiment. For a while I just said "5-9 Tennessee". The typical
response to this was
"Tennessee...Tango-November?" Ok, I turned it around, "5-9 Tango-November"
to which the typical
response was "Tango-November...Tennessee?" Go figure!!
It did seem that in countries where English was more widely spoken,
"Tennessee" was understood more
often. And the reverse, countries where English was less widely spoken,
"Tango-November" generally
worked. Naturally, I had the fewest repeats while using the combination,
"Tennessee,
Tango-November".
73, Ted W4NZ
in Tennessee, that's Tango-November
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