![]() ![]() ![]() We use letters selected from a standard phonetic, or spelling, alphabet so nobody fumbles for words. We’ll give out their bib number and gender, “Rider is female, foxtrot, with bib number, figures, 1234”, for a female with bib 1234. With these events near the limits of repeater coverage it can be a challenge finding a spot that isn’t in a ‘hole’, even using my 50 watt mobile rig.Įvent participants sometimes need assistance so we call in a support vehicle to pick them up. But it’s really amazing how much RF a pine forest can absorb. With spotty cell coverage our radios are the only viable tool. The Sam Houston National Forest is miles away from the repeater we use for communication during the local IronMan and other public service events. It’s a solved problem that was built into radio etiquette long ago. What we say, and how we say it is the key to our brain’s ability to error correct human speech. Okay, but is that really ketchup or catsup? Now think how much easier spelling is on a phone than over a poor quality radio channel. Then they’ll get stumped mumbling while they think desperately for ‘k’ words… ‘ketchup’. “Was that a ‘b’ or a ‘p’?” Sometimes they’ll try on the fly to use words with the beginning letter trying to convey the letter: “B as in boy”. I’ve been on phone conversations where the person on the other end is spelling for me and it’s painful. Sometimes words just have to be spelled for others. ![]()
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