[Lowfer] /16... CW (heard in NE Oregon)

[Mike WE0H]

Fred owns the Ohio Grabber on 600m. I know he keeps an eye on the screen 
most evenings. So one night I loaded in a message that said 'Hi 
Fred'...didn't take long for him to email me laughing...hi  hi
He knew right away who the joker was that night.

How about this idea, WE is quick and simple but can be confusing. How 
about I send WEOH with that being a letter O, not the number 'cause I 
can't use an Amateur callsign with a Part 5 station. So that way I think 
anyone would figure it out real quick who is on the other end of the 
keyboard. I'll throw in the long part 5 ID every so often to keep it 
legit. Now a question: what is a good code speed for a weak signal? Slow 
or fast? How slow or fast? To my ears, 6-9wpm sending a two or 4 letter 
message makes it sound like an NDB station minus the carrier.

Thoughts? Ideas? I'm pretty good at ducking for mud slinging...hi hi...

tnx,
Mike


Steve Ratzlaff wrote:
> OK, not much of a problem here on strings of "WE"'s of last night. But 
> since I had no internet access last night I was unaware Mike was going 
> to be on 507.00, and I was also unaware that Mike uses "WE" as a 
> nickname. Thus I wanted to be sure who I was hearing, even though it 
> eventually became obvious even to me that it was probably "WE0H" 
> sending the WE's. But I like to make sure, and only the "/16" would do 
> that. Eventually I caught several of them and was sure who it was 
> then. Mike and anyone else can of course send anything they want on a 
> beacon, but it's nice to be sure of who you're receiving, and only the 
> "/xx" will really do that. And I'm some distance from Mike and the 
> other mid/east coast folks with beacons, and copy is generally never 
> all that good.
> But far be it from me to want to put a damper on anyone who wants to 
> send long stories, use nicknames, etc. on their beacon message.
> 73,
> Steve AA7U
> NE Oregon
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Barick"
> To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 4:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] /16... CW (heard in NE Oregon)
>
>
> Ok Steve, Mike,
>
> I also had my ear to the speaker last night listening to 600M and 
> trying to sort out the many beacons. But unlike Steve, I latched on to 
> the WEs as Mike's /16 (who else?), catching them way before a solid 
> "/16" arrived--always a clash on the long characers!!
>
> Here's an idea for the beacon zars, adopt a "nick name" like Mike. It 
> takes the agnst out of waiting for that slash something and repeat and 
> repeat. Dex does it with Vs, that's fine. Unique station used to do 
> that, but with 600M the same call is sent, and it's a long one, 
> meaning wait, wait.
>
> Peter, N IL