Roger D Johnson wrote: > Over the years I have developed my own criteria for what > constitutes a valid contact: > > 1. I MUST copy the call of the DX station off the air. Not from > packet or a chat room. > > 2. I MUST copy my signal report off air. > > 3. I MUST hear the DX station roger my report. > > I will admit to slippage on item 3. many DX stations do not > confirm the report but just go on to the next station.
That is essentially the same set of rules I use. I also MUST hear my call fully and correctly from the DX, but that is implied in your criteria since that is how you know the report was for you. I lost a new one earlier this season because I did not hear my call correctly sent by the DX. He had the last letter wrong. Running out of time in rapid QSB at or after sunrise, I risked sending my call and report in one transmission. He sent my call again after to confirm, but QSB took out part of the one letter he had wrong previously, so I could not be sure he corrected it. Apparently he did, since I appeared in the online log. However for me it was not a valid QSO. You may recall that morning Roger. While people were congratulating me on the chat I commented I wasn't sure. I even reviewed my audio recording but could not verify the one letter in question there either. Reviewing recorded audio after the fact is a "gray area" for me. Technically it's a cheat, though I will admit on a few occasions when I reviewed the audio and became sure of a detail (usually correctness of my call) I have kept the contact in the log. I will NEVER process saved audio to recover a detail. I only use it as is to review if I am not positive on correctness of my call. I would be interested in how others view this. > What do you all think about people who have spent time on both > coasts and are allowed to count QSOs from both! I find this > manifestly unfair, especially on the low bands, and think there > should be some distance limit on how far one can move and still > count the DX contacts. I completely agree. 73, Paul N1BUG _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
