[bars] What I learned this weekend...

[Juan Jiménez]

Can't wait 'til they ask me.

"My name José Jiménez, and I want to be an astronaut!"
"Is that a crash helmet?"
"I hope not..."

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73,
K1CPR
Juan


On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM Bill Poulin <billpoulin01913 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Tim.
>
> Although I have participated in Contests, my name is not thevproblem.  The
> call seems to be the issue.  WZ1L  = Whiskey Zulu ONE Lima.
> So I follow that immediately with Dubya Zed ONE Elllll. 😁
>
> Normally they screw it up regardless (W1ZL or WL1Z) 🤣
>
> I then report to 1950's. WASHINGTON ZANZIBAR ONE LIBYA!  😉
>
> 73, 👋
>
> BILLP, WZ1L
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 10:11 AM Tim K1DC <k1dc.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I participated in the North America QSO Party this weekend.  Great fun,
>> BTW, even though I was only on for a few hours.  Part of the contest
>> exchange is your name, and best practice is to give it phonetically.  In my
>> case that is 'Tango India Mike'.  It's that last bit that can confuse some
>> folks with MIKE being a given name so when the QSB/QRM/QRN struck some OPs
>> assumed my name was MIKE.  I learned to use an alternative, MEXICO, when
>> giving my name phonetically.
>>
>> Yes, I realize that using non-standard phonetics is generally a bad idea
>> however in this case it worked well.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Tim - K1DC
>> --
>>
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>> jack.
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