<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I worked the party as well and made 5 contacts in about an hour until I was summed to my "todo" list. The funny part was when I read my name off phonetically as "Alpha, Lima, Alpha, Mike". After my third contact I thought, "What the heck? I don't know how to spell my own name? It's fun getting older.<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-align:-webkit-right">Alan Ruben</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-align:-webkit-right">Billerica, MA 01821</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-align:-webkit-right">KC1TRY</span></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><img width="0" height="0" class="mailtrack-img" alt="" style="display:flex" src="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/d019c4c275fcf6984f94c9f649ebbf920704164f.png?u=4520819"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 10:11 AM Tim K1DC <<a href="mailto:k1dc.radio@gmail.com">k1dc.radio@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<font face="Verdana">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.<br>
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Yes, I realize that using non-standard phonetics is generally a
bad idea however in this case it worked well.<br>
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73,<br>
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Tim - K1DC<br>
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