I actually think they are counterproductive.  I have spent some time on weak contact with "3 character" stations trying to get the rest of their callsign.

On Mon, 5 Oct 2020 at 21:49, ian hope (2E0IJH) <ian@...> wrote:

This might explain better, https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/information/scc.shtml

 

Ian

M5IJH

 

 

Sent: Monday, October 05, 2020 at 9:32 PM
From: "militaryoperator via groups.io" <Military1944=aol.com@groups.io>
To: "UKMicrowaves@groups.io" <UKMicrowaves@groups.io>
Subject: Re: [UKMicrowaves] fancy callsigns

Please elborate, are you talking about short contest calls such as G3M, G8T, G8P, M6T etc?

 

Ian

M5IJH

 

 

Oh, that's what they are. Well, I see now. 

 

Yes, I guess Golf Three Mike  is a vast saving in time over Golf Three Mike Tango Xray. 

 

I'm obviously not taking this hobby seriously enough, hi. 

 

Thanks for the pointer. 

 

7, Be, G4B

 

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Robin Szemeti - G1YFG