[CQ-Contest] QSL Ethics question

[Kenneth E. Harker]

     This is similar to someone requesting that you QSL with their 
callsign/qrp.  I'm not going to "confirm" something I can't know.

     Maybe offer the guy a sked sometime with his own call sign?


On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 08:07:33AM -0500, Bob Davis wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Here's a bit of an ethical question: I received a QSL request from a DX op
> who was operating at a club station during CQWW CW. He's asking me to QSL
> his personal callsign for awards use.  Is it "right" to confirm this QSO?
> At first glance, I'm thinking, "No." After all, I have no way of knowing if
> it was truly him at the key. Moreover, I was taught that the only valid
> contact is one in which both callsigns are exchanged in their entirety.
> 
> Is my first-blush reaction the correct one? Or is this sort of thing done
> all the time, and I'm just unaware of the convention?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bob NQ3X
> 
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> 
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