NA QSO Party

[Jim -- MLO3-6/B9 -- DTN 223-5747 03-Aug-1992 1042]

------------------Reply to mail dated 3-AUG-1992 10:08:32.73------------------


>On a different topic: I'd like to get a "ruling" on the following scenario
>which happened during NA QSO Party. Two stations calling CA NA on the same
>frequency, not hearing each other. I responded to one just giving my callsign.
>Both returned to me with the exchange. I gave my exchange back, both stations
>thinking I had responded to them. Should I count both stations as valid
>contacts? I know I'll be in both their logs. This must happen all the time 
>given the number of contests and the number of QSO's. That's one way to get 
>my QSO rate up :-).

In the strictest sense, a QSO must have the following information exchanged
by both parties:

	Your callsign
	The other station's callsign
	The report

In the scenario above, you did not have a QSO with the 2nd station because
you did not send his callsign.

The guideline above obviously does not hold for a DX pileup, but in this
case, the stations in the pileup aren't trying to work each other, and the
DX station *knows* you're calling him (or her).

73 - Jim AD1C