[CQ-Contest] Packet has ruined Ham Radio

[Kelly Taylor]

Again, yes, and no.

As Paul says, the ARRL rules refer to callsigns and exchange information 
being sent, received, acknowledge and logged correctly for a complete QSO.

But other than during the duration of the contest, there's no stipulation 
that all facets be done in one contiguous stretch of time.

Example:

CQ test, de EI5DI  (I've received his callsign)
@(*&*5NA
5NA 599 kw (I've received his exchange)
k5na 599 tx
qrz?
KC1XX
KC1XX 599 kw
599 nh
qrz?
ve4xt (he's got my callsign)
ve4xt 599 ^*&% (I didn't copy it here but I know what it is from reading the 
mail)
599 mb (he's got my exchange)
qrz?
k5tr
k5tr 599 kw...

...is a perfectly reasonable sequence of events, even in ARRL contests.

73, kelly
ve4xt



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul O'Kane" <pokane at ei5di.com>
To: <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 2:31 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Packet has ruined Ham Radio


> ----- 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
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