[CQ-Contest] An Interesting PDA QSO

[jimk8mr at aol.com]

I knew I had no chance of winning the 2024 Poisson d'Avril contest, especially from my Florida condo QTH. But I like to get on the air in as many contests as I can, and make at least a few QSOs. Plus I've heard that K1DG buys a beer at Dayton for anybody he works in the PDA.
 But in the recent PDA I had a most unusual QSO. I was on 20 CW. It went something like this:



CQ PDA K8MR K8MR TEST
>>>  WA3BGE  (Note: Though this came up on my Caller ID, when I later checked, this callsign was not in service)   

WA3BGE 5NN FL
>>> K8MR 5NN OP RACHEL FROM QSLCARDHOLDER SERVICES. DUE TO A NEW GOVERNMENT PROGRAM CALLED FT8, WE CAN NOW OFFER YOU A LOWER RATE ON YOUR CONTEST QSOS. SEND   AGN?   FOR MORE INFO OR SEND   DUPE   TO BE PUT ON OUR DO NOT CALL LIST
My rate was already pretty low, but I'd heard something about this "FT8" program, so I figured I had nothing to lose:
AGN


 (After a short pause, in very choppy CW)
>>>  K8MR DE VU2XYZ. HW CPY TODAY? ARE U CALLING FOR A LOWER QSO RATE?

R R 

>>>  HOW MANY QSOS DO YOU MAKE IN A CONTEST NOW?
ABT 100.

>>>   FB AND WHAT IS YOUR HIGHEST QSO RATE?
ABT 25 PER HOUR
>>>   FB   WITH FT8 WE CAN LOWER YOUR RATE TO UNDER SIX PER HOUR AND MAYBE EVEN TO ZERO
OK
>>>  TO MAKE SURE YOU QUALIFY I NEED TO CONFIRM THAT YOUR LICENSE HAS NOT EXPIRED. WHAT IS THE EXPIRATION DATE OF YOUR LICENSE?

(I was sensing something a bit fishy, so I just made up a date)
JULY 2026
  >>> NW PSE NR?
5NN FL
 >>> NO UR 16 DIGIT CREDIT CARD NR
OK  5905 7388 0611 1234
 >>>  SRI UR NR NOT IN SCP FILE  AGN ?



At that point I gave up and went QRT.
Has anybody else had such a QSO?


73 & Happy AFD,

Jim   K8MR