Going to have to memorize the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
With all the rain in the air, my signal from the repeater was grim at best and a lot of other people were barely able to connect. I know my own callsign (Kilo Three Delta Golf Hotel) but trying to discern between a 'Y' and an 'I', a 'G' or a 'Z' was difficult tonight. This is what these training sessions are all about. In a real emergency, we would not have the time to practice on air. Cannot afford to have a Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot moment when the chips are down...
The repeater I use is 38 miles away as the crow flies and I have several large mountains in the way - had to install a large antenna to be even able to reach it but this has been a good thing as I can now hit all the major repeaters in my area including some from Seattle, Port Angeles and Vancouver. Next effort is to get it up on the roof...
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