[Moon] QSO procedure by K1JT - NEW qso RULES????

Chuck Smallhouse w7cs at theriver.com
Sun Aug 24 18:46:00 CEST 2014


Years ago It was in the EME Contest rules that you were obligated to 
send full calls including any portable indicators.  They may have 
since wavered the rule .  I think this one of the reasons that Lance, 
now W7GJ, changed from his WA1/7 call.

W7CS


At 07:34 AM 8/24/2014, Russ K2TXB wrote:
>Wolfgang, how about you show me where it says the prefix MUST be
>transmitted?  I have never seen such.
>
>73, Russ K2TXB
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wolfgang Schlaffer [mailto:dl5mae at yahoo.de]
>Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 4:22 AM
>To: Russ K2TXB
>Cc: moon at moonbounce.info
>Subject: RE: [Moon] QSO procedure by K1JT - NEW qso RULES????
>
>Hi Russ,
>
>please just give me  the  SOURCE  where  you get the info that  due to  NEW
>RULES its  ENOUGH  TO SHORTEN THE CALLSIGNS down to the PREFIX OR SUFFIX (or
>whatever??) .  I dont  find anything  on  www.  ...I was "googling" now for
>at least one hour but dont find these NEW  rules.
>
>I just dont understand if I call someone  without my prefix  (i.e. only MAE)
>how he can understand that I am DL5MAE  and not someone else...
>
>Or how  someone  knows where I am if I leave the prefix away  i.e. active as
>VP2M/DL5MAE  ...and only TX DL5MAE ... this will not be a valid callsign
>while beeing in Montserrat (in this example).
>
>By the way, here is a source I did find in THE INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO
>UNION REGION 1 VHF MANAGERS HANDBOOK, which states " A valid contact is one
>where both operators have copied both callsigns, the report  and an
>unambigous comfirmation. However, no recourse should be made during the
>contact to obtain the required information, chance of frequency ( ? ) ,
>antenna direction (?), , etc. via other methods such as DXCluster, talk-back
>an another band, etc.
>Such secondary methods invalidate the meteor scatter (*) contact. In
>essence: if anything concerning  the ongoing QSO attempt is agreed through
>other means than the QSO attempt frequency a new start is required.
>
>
>* = I adapt these rules also for EME , as EME has the same procedure
>
>? = This part I dont understand (= in my opinion it has to be  DELETED from
>the rules !  )
>
>
>vy 73 de DL5MAE Wolfgang
>
>
>
>
>
>--------------------------------------------
>Russ K2TXB <k2txb at dxcc.com> schrieb am Sa, 23.8.2014:
>
>  Betreff: RE: [Moon] QSO procedure by K1JT - NEW qso RULES????
>  An: "'Wolfgang Schlaffer'" <dl5mae at yahoo.de>
>  CC: moon at moonbounce.info
>  Datum: Samstag, 23. August, 2014 23:18 Uhr
>
>  Well Wolfgang you did not
>  need to extend what I said so as to imply I meant
>  that "everyone could send what they
>  wanted".  If the station sends just his
>  call without the prefix and that is copied and
>  returned then that is what
>  the QSO rules
>  call for.  Nowhere does it say that full prefixes or
>  suffixes
>  must be sent and received.  Indeed
>  it is common practice in this country for
>  portable stations to NOT identify the fact that
>  they are portable in
>  contests.  Rovers are
>  a different story because of contest logging
>  requirements, but portables usually don't
>  spend much time saying "portable
>  2" or whatever.  There is no rule that
>  they must identify that way in the
>  contest,
>  or from the government for that matter.
>
>  So again, if the guy sends his call (without
>  suffixes or prefixes) and it is
>  received and
>  sent back successfully, then a contact has been made and
>  most
>  people will believe that, including
>  people managing contests and awards.
>  And if
>  the station identifies himself with the call plus prefix in
>  a regular
>  fashion (but not with every
>  contact), that is sufficient for legal
>  requirements too.
>
>  That is all I said before and all I am saying
>  now.  I am not saying that I
>  could send a
>  different call than my own, or my name, or whatever and
>  it
>  would valid.  No, but if I send K2TXB
>  and the station answers K2TXB then
>  everyone
>  knows he is working me, and there is no reason why it is not
>  a
>  valid contact.
>
>  73, Russ K2TXB
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Wolfgang Schlaffer [mailto:dl5mae at yahoo.de]
>  Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2014 12:58 PM
>  To: Russ K2TXB
>  Cc: moon at moonbounce.info
>  Subject: RE: [Moon] QSO procedure by K1JT - NEW
>  qso RULES????
>
>  Hi Russ,
>
>  thats completly  NEW  to
>  me  that  the  rules  have  changed  this
>  way...!!!
>
>  So
>  that means everybody  is  allowed  to TX  what he wants
>  ?!?!
>
>  I wonder when and
>  where and who  (@ IARU meeting???)  established this
>  NEW
>  rules ????
>
>  Perhaps you like to answer this question to me,
>  please!!!
>
>  I will
>  NOT   go along this  way  and  will work along
>  the OLD  rules, which
>  say:
>
>  BOTH stations need to
>  RX:   both callsigns / reports /  and QSO
>  confirmation (like: RRR)
>
>  tnx es vy 73 de DL5MAE - Wolfgang
>
>
>  --------------------------------------------
>  Russ K2TXB <k2txb at dxcc.com>
>  schrieb am Sa, 23.8.2014:
>
>
>  Betreff: RE: [Moon] QSO procedure by K1JT
>
>  An: "'Wolfgang Schlaffer'" <dl5mae at yahoo.de>,
>  "'Lars Pettersson'"
>  <sm4ive at telia.com>
>   CC: moon at moonbounce.info
>   Datum: Samstag, 23. August, 2014 18:16 Uhr
>
>   Wolfgang, the QSO rules
>   are to copy the call that was sent, not
>  necessarily  the full legal call.
>  So
>  those contacts are  all valid for QSO.  They might  not
>  be quite  legal,
>  for federal license bureau
>  purposes, but that does  not  concern us any more
>  than if the station  was running power over
>  the legal  limit.  I  have never
>  heard
>  anyone say that EME contacts were void  because a  guy was
>  running too
>  much power!
>
>   Further to that, even though
>
>  the 4K/PA3CMC call may not have been fully  transmitted via
>  JT65, I am
>  pretty sure it was  transmitted
>  every 10 minutes  via the CW ID.
>   This
>  solves the legal question too.  You may want to  dispute
>  my first
>  sentence, but I think if  you
>  examine the full context the only  conclusion
>  must be that the QSO rules have been  met.
>
>   73, Russ K2TXB
>
>   -----Original
>  Message-----
>   From: Moon [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info]
>   On Behalf Of Wolfgang
>
>  Schlaffer
>   Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014
>  5:27 PM
>   To: Lars Pettersson
>   Cc: moon at moonbounce.info
>   Subject: [Moon] QSO procedure by K1JT
>
>   ARE THESE THE NEW  QSO
>  RULES
>   SET  UP  BY  K1JT  ?
>   IN THE GIVEN
>   EXAMPLE
>  PA3CMC  never  TX  the  4K-prefix  and  IN  MIDDLE
>  OF  THE  QSO
>  THE  COUNTRY  OF
>  UT6UA  IS  CHANCED FROM  AZERBADJAN  TO   UKRAINE
>  ....!!!
>  I NEVER WONT  CONSIDER  THIS
>  AS  A  COMPLETE  QSO! !!!
>
>   73 de DL5MAE Wolfgang
>
>
>  --------------------------------------------
>   Lars Pettersson <sm4ive at telia.com>
>   schrieb am Fr, 22.8.2014:
>
>
>   Betreff: Re: [Moon] The
>  Swedish 4Th 432 & UP EME meeting  CW
>
>  An: "Bernd DF2ZC" <df2zc1 at googlemail.com>
>    CC: moon at moonbounce.info
>    Datum: Freitag, 22. August, 2014 15:11
>  Uhr
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>      As a follow up to
>  your previoues email.
>
>
>       There are
>   lots of information on
>  internet how a QSO  should be
>
>     performed to be able to
>   count as a
>  QSO
>
>
>
>     Both callsings should be sent and Report  and
>  confirmation of
>
>
>     report. AKA RRRR
>
>
>       That i belive we could agree
>
>  on?
>
>
>
>        Despite this
>   rules  many dont follow this rules  and
>  even  MR
>        Almighty JT himself
>  encourage
>   not to send the complete  call
>  becouse
>
>      the JT
>  software cant handle long calls.
>
>        http://mailman.pe1itr.com/pipermail/moon-net/2014-June/020725.html
>
>        So Bernd
>   DF2ZC    is this QSO in above link  OK
>
>
>
>     if you should follow
>   the rules???????
>  NO ITS NOT  you could
>
>
>     compare it with if i call you with 2ZF de  sm4ive
>  is this a
>        QSO????
>
>  NO NO NO
>
>
>
>      I still expecting an serioues
>  answer in this  matter.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>      No In Sweden we
>  have not Blown up houses or  Killed  peoples since
>        1600
>   th centuary
>
>
>
>
>
>
>      Lars SM4IVE
>
>        CW is King
>
>
>
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>
>
>    -----Integrierter
>  Anhang
>   folgt-----
>
>
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