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Valid FT8 QSO ? Opinions sought
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n4qa at_hotmail.com
What do you think ?
Back home in the NRV of VA now at N4QA no slash 4. Both call signs, both signal reports, both grids .Wish I had logged this one before clearing it by switching to the FT-450 config :0( This QDX manages TEN whole milliwatts output on Top Band. 80 meters long end-fed wire. 72 / 73, Bill, N4QA in the NRV |
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John Kirby
lQQks gQQd to me Bill
that image says it all congratulations !!! I recently put several new DXCC ft8 contacts like ur image in the log (TNX to Sun cycle 25 :>) Some groups require 73 / 73 exchange but how do both ends confirm the other end received 73? Think about how many CW events exchange only (ur-call "599" tu k qrz) ... IF ... a QRPp Gallon = 1W ...AND... 10mW is two orders of magnitude down 1.0 p 0.100 pp 0.010 ppp ... THEN ... ur contact must be QRPppp Do you still run the Phaser? 72 73 John N3AAZ FM19 on DELMARVA Peninsula |
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Bill M
Some people will not confirm without the 73 exchange but there's no "rule" saying that.
-Bill KP4SX |
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n4qa at_hotmail.com
Tnx responses, guys.
John, I've never used a Phaser but it looks like a fun rig. 72 / 73, Bill, N4QA in the NRV ps QRPppp indeed ! :0) |
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Bill Collins
Since WSJTX only sends one 73, refusing to log a contact without it seems crazy, but some people do it. A valid contact consists of an exchange of signal reports, callsigns, and grid.
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Bill WB6OTG On 03/29/2023 7:27 AM EDT Bill M <radioexray@...> wrote: |
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n4qa at_hotmail.com
Right on, same name !
Bill, N4QA |
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Daniel Walter
I built a 40 m Phaser a couple of years ago. It worked, but the QDX runs rings around it. It got sold a while back. It was a fun build though.
-- 73, Dan NM3A |
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Kevin NY3F
Since the other side obviously did not get your signal report, I would not log this.
Kevin NY3F |
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Jim Strohm
Some contacts are worth recording, regardless of whether the other op will acknowledge your QSO. Make a note of it in your log, so you can savor it for posterity. I once QSO'd with V31BB (SK) and while he didn't give me his usual "no kids, no lids, no space cadets" rant, we talked long enough that I was unsympathetic about the last time he worked on his amplifier. I should have noted it in my log. You'll never get a QSL card from people like V31BB, but that's not the point. Should you choose to send them your card, make sure you have some outrageous and totally unacceptable (but clean) design that they'll never forget. Back around 1990 I had one of those and if I can find one, I'll reproduce it ... but this time, a short run of a hundred or so on fluorescent orange cardstock instead of doing all of them on gloss silver like I did 30+ years ago. BTW, if you QSL 100%, you'll go through thousands of cards. If a few hundred are of a color that'll draw peoples' eyes to them FIRST, well, it's worth the extra cost. 73 Jim N6OTQ On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 10:14 AM Kevin NY3F <kkessler@...> wrote: Since the other side obviously did not get your signal report, I would not log this. |
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n4qa at_hotmail.com
Yo, Kevin !
My signal report was obviously -24 dB s/n ! Ya better have another look... 73 / 73, Bill, N4QA |
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Kevin NY3F
If he kept sending his signal report, that means he didn't get yours.
Kevin NY3F |
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Cliff
Or he didn't get your RRR after he got your signal report and he sent his report. All depends on who called first.
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n4qa at_hotmail.com
Wrong again, dude.
eQSL got both (all). 72 / 73, Bill, N4QA |
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N4IJ .
OK - here is another view for a FT8 qso: 1. You call the dx station 2. the dx station responds with a sig report and you decode it. 3. you send a sig report and the dx station decodes it properly. 4. the dx station sends you RR73 5. You don't decode the RR73 since he faded out, or qrm. 6. You go ahead and log it in wsjt-x. Did you work him? I say yes if you are in his log and he is in your log. I don't think a signal report is needed in ARRL LOTW for a qsl anyway is it? Doug N4IJ (cw operator) On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 3:50 PM Kevin NY3F <kkessler@...> wrote: If he kept sending his signal report, that means he didn't get yours. |
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N4IJ .
If you keep hearing him send you a sig report, yes you didn't work him, but if you never got his RR73 it does not mean you didn't work him, it just means you did not get his confirmation of your report. N4IJ On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 3:50 PM Kevin NY3F <kkessler@...> wrote: If he kept sending his signal report, that means he didn't get yours. |
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n4qa at_hotmail.com
Guys,
John, W8WEJ is sending me a real QSL card for our Top Band FT8 Q showing Calls, Grids & sig rprts. I am sending John a real QSL too ! Life is GOOD ! 72 / 73, Bill, N4QA |
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