[SOC] OT: Vanity Callsigns

[Richard Brummer, K2JQ]

That's what I was trying to tell Rob on another list.  That's the difference
between a "hard" call (ending in a dah), and a "soft" call (ending in a
dit).

In contest-like operations, a string of dits, such as "H" often gets
shortened, being interpreted as an "S."

73
Dick  K2JQ
-----Original Message-----
From: ng3o <ng3o@earthlink.net>
To: soc@mailman.qth.net <soc@mailman.qth.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] OT: Vanity Callsigns


>If I were shopping for a new call (I'm not), the last thing I would
>want would be a call that ended with a K or an E. Close behind is any
>call that ends in a dot. For CW, generally lots of dashes are much
>better than lots of dots. My friend Hank, K3YDX, applied for and got
>the vanity call K3HH (his initials), but after using it a while, he
>traded it back in for K3YDX. Those H's are OK on fone but a stinker on
>CW!
>
>Bill NG3O