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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Tim,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IMHO nothing wrong with using alternate phonetics when needed and if chosen properly. From my experience with scanning over the last 30 years or so, many police departments use them. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is an example of my own dilemma: Mine are “November Foxtrot One Alpha. Under rough copy, many ops mistake “Alpha” for “Hotel”. So then I use “Norway Florida One America”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Art<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NF1A<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> bars <bars-bounces@w1hh.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tim K1DC<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 19, 2024 10:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> w1hh <bars@w1hh.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [bars] What I learned this weekend...<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>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><br>Yes, I realize that using non-standard phonetics is generally a bad idea however in this case it worked well.<br><br>73,<br><br>Tim - K1DC</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Courageously sent from a non-Apple device that <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>includes</span></em> a headphone jack.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=150 style='width:112.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://k1dc.com/img/k1dc-qsl-card-front.png"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=130 height=82 style='width:1.3541in;height:.8541in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://k1dc.com/img/k1dc-qsl-card-front-sm.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h3>Tim Carter - K1DC (was KC1RET)<o:p></o:p></h3></td><td width=30 style='width:22.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=30 style='width:22.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=30 style='width:22.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=13 height=13 style='width:.1354in;height:.1354in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://k1dc.com/img/phone-icon.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="tel:1.978.710.0133">+1.978.710.0133</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=30 style='width:22.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=13 height=13 style='width:.1354in;height:.1354in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://k1dc.com/img/email-icon.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:k1dc.radio@gmail.com">k1dc.radio@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=30 style='width:22.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=13 height=13 style='width:.1354in;height:.1354in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://k1dc.com/img/link-icon.png"><="" td=""> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://k1dc.com">https://k1dc.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p>"Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination." -- <i>Albert Einstein</i><o:p></o:p></p><p style='-webkit-margin-after:.5em;-webkit-margin-before:.5em'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Warning: Spelling errors in this message are the product of a poor school system. 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