Working mostly Low Power with small antenna, I developed some principles
for phonetics for myself:
- Use phonetics which has less S ,Z and other sound which has most power
above 3000Hz and are filtered out more or less often.
- Use phonetics which are longer. Why? Its because brain uses some
reconstruction algorithm. If first part of word is lost in QRM, it is much
more easy to reconstruct ...nzibar than ...lu
- If you feel strong in the other side, do not look into principles above
and use whatever you like, but standard words.
Thats what works for me.
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73, Vytenis LY5T
Living/operating from the District of Columbia has its own somewhat unique
liabilities. You'd be surprised at how many do not know that DC is a
legitimate QTH (although not an actual state) and mult in the contest
they're participating in! No, Washington, DC is *not* the state of
Washington. As a result, I often have to resort to "DC... DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA" or "WASHINGTON DC " Fortunately, the regularly active stations
(KE3X, NN3RP, N8HM, 4U1WB and myself) are known to many. My call (W3DQ),
DELTA QUEEN is often mangled. More often than not -- especially in domestic
contests. I'm not comfortable with DAIRY QUEEN (although lots of folks come
back to me with those phonetics), so I'll resort to variations using
DENMARK and/or QUEBEC.
Yet another challenge!
73,
Eric W3DQ
Washington, DC
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