Samudra, I think that typically on FM repeaters, you should be able to understand the letters being spoken as easily as phonetics since there is usually so little noise on a local FM repeater as compared to a satellite signal where you are dealing with fading and QRM much of the time. BTW, thanks again for all your help during the Symposium.
Dave, AA4KN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samudra Haque N3RDX" <n3...@amsat.org> To: "Tony Langdon" <vk3...@gmail.com> Cc: <amsat-bb@amsat.org>; "Gary Lockhart" <gary_lockhar...@yahoo.com>; "Eric Knaps,ON4HF" <eric.kn...@telenet.be> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:10 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FM satellite operations again again over Europe I asked as I am still puzzled why in the US on local FM nets hams just use "n,3,r,d,x" instead of "november three romeo david x-ray". On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Tony Langdon <vk3...@gmail.com> wrote: > At 07:30 AM 10/14/2009, Samudra Haque wrote: >> >> on a satellite QSO, is it traditional to say "A, B, C" instead of >> "Alfa Bravo Charlie" for brevity when referring to call signs and grid >> locators ? > > That can backfire and waste time, due to people not understanding the > letters. For example, my callsign under adverse conditions could be mis > heard as (heard most of the following on terrestrial repeaters or > IRLP/Echolink, let alone on the birds!): > > VK3JEB > VK3JD > VK3JB > VK3JEV > VK3JV > > And the list goes on.... ;) The overhead in asking for clarification or > getting a correction outweighs the overhead of using phonetics in most > cases. Once callsigns are confirmed, you can drop the phonetics (though > usually by then, the QSO is over, so someone else can have a go ;) ). > Phonetics are also more likely to survive brief bursts of QRM or brief > fades. > > 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL > http://vkradio.com > > _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
