[UK-CONTEST] UK-Contest Digest, Vol 38, Issue 38

[Justin Snow]

>From: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk>


>Another point, if writing a how-to-do-it article: the requirements for a 
>minimum acceptable exchange are different on HF and VHF. On HF it would 
>be bad contest/DX operating for both stations to exchange both 
>callsigns; but on VHF it's mandatory in contests (in all of  IARU Region 
>1 and in ARRL contests) and regarded as mandatory for DXing too.

Funny, I have never had to transmit both callsigns in an exchange in any
VHF contest I have ever done.  The only contest I know where it is
mandatory to transmit both callsigns is in the EU sprint, on HF.

Justin, G4TSH