[OKDXA] [CQ-Contest] [Bulk] Best callsign letters

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Use CW (continuous wave) and you won't have that problem.
Why would you ever even contemplate getting in a pile-up on silly side
band>?

Paul K2DB

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony A. Luscre [mailto:aluscre at neo.rr.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 9:47 PM
To: Bill Coleman
Cc: dx-is at yahoogroups.com; John Geiger; cq-contest at contesting.com;
okdxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] [Bulk] Best callsign letters

http://www.k8zt.com/vanity_callsign.htm

Bill Coleman wrote:
> On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:08 AM, John Geiger wrote:
>
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>> Has anyone done a study (or have ancetodal evidence) about which letters
(using standard phonetics) get through best on SSB during pileups or
marginal/weak conditions?  For example, I though "j" would be decent letter
but many people seem to hear "Juliet" as "India".  Don't know why they make
that confusion, but they do.  So, which letters are best recognized and less
confused?
>>     
>
> "Radio" seems to get through when nothing else will. "Lima" has no voice
energy, and is often confused with "Charlie", and "Kilo".
>
>
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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     Anthony A. Luscre    
            K8ZT      
        Stow, Ohio	  
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