[UK-CONTEST] Valid QSOs

[Bob Henderson]

Hi Ray

For so long as I can remember I have interpreted an exchange of both
callsigns as: I give mine to him and he gives his to me.  Likewise an
exchange of both signal reports and serial numbers or whatever.  I give mine
to him and he gives his to me.  Either party unhappy at this may ask for a
repeat.

I guess the difference in our perspectives is focused upon what each of us
considers a contest exchange to be.  I consider what I send during a QSO to
be half an exchange.  The other half is what the station I work sends to
me.  A completed exchange of information involves the exchange of both calls
and reports etc and = a QSO.  The process of exchange itself require one
thing to be swapped for another.  What I alone send can therefore not be
described as an exchange.  It is merely part of it.

73

Bob, 5B4AGN



2009/6/11 Ray James <gm4cxm at yahoo.co.uk>


>
>
> --- On Thu, 11/6/09, Bob Henderson <bob.5b4agn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ray
> >
> > I see nothing wrong with Chris GM3WOJ's statement but if you interpret it
> to mean that during each contact both stations must send both calls, then
> you are mistaken in your interpretation.  That does not usually happen in HF
> contesting.
>
> Hi Bob,
> Having operated contests with Chris going back to the 70's, he was the
> "experienced" peer I was referring to and used his contest page statement to
> provide some non-contest RSGB rule perspective to the discussion.
>
> When you look at the RSGB Contest Rules, they are specific. I would like to
> see your interpretation of "The contest exchange consists of at least both
> callsigns, RS(T) signal reports followed by a serial number"?
> I felt Alex was right to query Chris's complaint of rate slowdown due to
> stations he was contacting sending his call in the exchange but that is what
> it states in the rules. Hey, I'm guilty, we're all guilty, but I'm happy to
> put my hands up and say so whereas others would prefer to look to excuse it
> by inferring a CQ or Test becomes part of the contest exchange when it is
> and always has been known as a general call inviting a contact.
>
> Regarding Paul's points. I failed to see what his "If you both used
> amateur-band RF" comment had to do with answering Alex's S&P question.
> His validation that the contacts were okay because that's just the way it's
> done, despite the rules stating specifically the opposite was a bit too hard
> to swallow.
>
>
> 73 Ray GM4CXM
>
>
>
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