[CQ-Contest] Packet has ruined Ham Radio

[Paul O'Kane]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger" <johngeig at yahoo.com>

> Don't the rules say something about both callsigns
> being sent and received for it to be a valid QSO?

Yes and No!

The ARRL General Rules say "All callsigns and
exchange information must be sent, received,
acknowledged and logged correctly by each station
for a complete QSO".  However, the CQWW DX rules
don't mention any obligation to exchange callsigns.

In practice, the only stations to give both
callsigns are those who are running - so it's
a "rule" that is widely ignored.

73,
Paul EI5DI