[Moon] [Moon-net] Help !

[Mark (G4PCS)]

As written, the answer is "no" - simply because you have not stated that you called the other station with both calls (as a result of which the question may be: did he actually hear you, or did he call you on the off-chance you were listening?)
 
 Assuming that you did call the other station with both calls, which out of good faith we will also assume he has copied, then the answer is "yes" - at the end of the contact both stations have received both calls, exchanged reports, and confirmed this fact to each other.
 
 Wherever you have written "JT65B" or "Digital EME", you can substitute "CW", "SSB", "RTTY", "PSK31", "SSTV", "FM", or any other mode of your choosing, and the answer would be the same.

Hope that's clear enough :)

73, Mark G4PCS

G4HGI <gee4hgi at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: Right,

Lets get down to the  " nitty gritty "

Here is an example

JT65B or Digital EME Mode

G4HGI copies a station using JT65B who he see's on on4kst N0UK or cluster
 "  144125  (call)  CLG CQ JT65B " 


The other station comes back to G4HGI with both calls and the report ( if I'm lucky with my pip squeak station)

G4HGI responds with  RO report

The other station replies with RRRR

G4HGI copies this and replies with 73 73 although the qso is complete anyway.

So

Is that a complete qso or not  ??

Clearly the receiving station would not know my call at all because I have not  typed anything on the aforementioned cluster, KST or N0UK
or had any other communication with him other than the reply to his CQ.

But his station copied my call -  yes I restrained from saying " He " copied the call
because he didn't actually hear it with his ears and decoded it with his brain the computer / software did it.

So we are left with the problem of ..  well yes the 2 stations did make a qso or they didn't.

Can somebody tell me if I did make a qso or not ?

I am not interested how big your antenna is or how much power you are running only whether I have made a valid qso.

There is no intention in getting into the CW - v - JT argument that seems to rage on and on filling everybody's Inboxes with rubbish.

I hope I have posed a constructive question and not any attempt to " flame things up " and hope to get some un biased views on this  
as there seems to be some very very strong feelings on both sides of the fence !!!

Thank you and best 73 to all



Richard G4HGI
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