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Kalashi Nose, KH6IJ/l J0 Cam bridge Street Belmont, Mass. 02J 79 On • Ln the Use Phonetics Pileups o If you are among these fortunate enough to have a call sign like W6AA, you won't be interested in the rest of this article, but if you have one like WD2BJB, you may be interested to know what the DX'er on the other end of a DX contest pileup thinks of you if you say "Whiskey, David, the number two, 'D' as in Denmark, 'J' as in Japan, and 'B' as in Boston." Some time in the nostalgic past when all call signs began with a "W" or with no prefix at all, it was an easy matter to decipher call signs. Today, with so many prefixes to choose from, we seem to have gone overboard in our phonetic frenzy to get call signs across. Phonetics are to clarify, not to confuse, yet frequently we are apt to accomplish the opposite by employing certain techniques. In a hot contest or pileup, the object is to get as much information across in a short time as possible. Frequently in a contest, the contact is over while a slow caller is blissfully repeating his phonetics. There are two things wrong with "Whiskey David, the Number two, Denmark, Japan. Boston." For one thing there are too many bits of information to remember, and secondly, remembering the proper order puts one more burden on the DX station. Let's put yourself on the receiving end of a pileup. The important part is "DJB," the rest can be filled in at leisure after the contact has been established. What would you do if you were a WB 2 and you heard the DX station announce, "The WB2 what was your cam" Immediately all WB2~s are compelled to answer. However, "The station with call like OJ B" immediately identifies you unless there happens to be a BJ D, BGD, BJB, or some other phonetically similar call, a rare coincidence. If you go back in the face of such positive identification, you would be ostracized. The important thing is to get at least two letters of your suffix across. If the DX station has any savvy at all, he will pry the rest of the information from you at his leisure. When the DX asks for a fill, give him only the information he wants. He asks for a fill because of Q RM and not much else. How effective is "Denmark, Japan, Baston?" After about 3000 contacts, the DX'er is a pretty weary fellow. After hearing "Denmark, Japan, Boston" he is liable to mutter to himself. "Now was that Japan. Boston, Denmark or Boston, Denmark, Japan?" By using phonetics you give him the extra task of trying to remember which word came before which. The order may be trivial to you, since you have practiced it many times, but the DX operator has heard that combination for the first time and he has to remember the order. Just plain "WD2BJD" is apt to be more effective because it is easier to remember for the DX'er. He might have gotten it as "WB2BGB" but what does it matter? You've nailed him and can now correct him at your leisure. Better still you should say "WD2BJD, Baker John Dog" and not the reverse order, WD2 Baker John, Dog, WD2BJD. The worst of course is "William Dog, the number two, Baker, John, Dog." The DX'er now has to remember a Baker, two dogs, a John, a William and a two floating around some place and must place them in proper sequence. No wonder he mutters to himself. Stick to plain WD2BJ D, no phonetics until asked for. If the DX'er goes back to only those who give phonetics, he probably won't be a winner for his country because he is taking too much time per contact. Going to the other extreme, ] have heard something like "DJB, DJB, DJB" given with no prefix - "no nothing." This is especially pathetic to hear when he is the only one left calling after everybody has gone to the listening cycle. Giving the phonetics of the DX station is downright insulting. It is tantamount to telling the DX he doesn't know his own call. "What's your number again?" may not be correct grammatically, but it is more effective than "I would like to have you repeat your number." Note "what is" (he wants 98 73 MAGAZINE
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