John;
The one thing I have heard is that you generally do not want a call that ends
in a dit, such as the letters B, I, S, H, E, G, etc. That dit often gets "lost
in translation".
Mike, W7VO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <nss@mwt.net>
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 8:08:37 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Can a call be too short?
I know when we got the call we were extremely excited, W9ET. but I
Know it works and it works good, but when sending it we end up having
to send it with some extra spaces in it, like W9 E T with a extra
space after the 9 and the E otherwise we do indeed get a lot of repeat
Requests,
Joe WB9SBD
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 2/15/2012 9:48 AM, John Geiger wrote:
> I am helping with some research about ideal calls in terms of DXing and
> contesting, and was rereading some of the old posts about ideal letters in a
> callsign. I wonder if some combinations can be too short for CW? Do the
> single character letters like E and T tend to get lost in pileups and require
> repeats a lot? Would a suffix like EET or TET be problematic? Or does it help
> that they are shorter to send?
>
> 73s John AA5JG
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