[TVARC] Today’s Question

[Daniel McKinney]

Send 73 to the other station after you get a signal report and you are
done. Bands may have changed and you didn’t get his 73!

On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 9:55 AM Frank M <phrankxm at gmail.com> wrote:

> What is a valid contact?
> According to the ARRL, you must not only exchange calls but also must
> exchange signal reports. A 73 is not required. (For confirmation you need
> time, date and freq).
> Issue: FT-8 contacts have the auto log window pop up when you send a 73.
> (Either RR73 or 73).
> But there are times when the other station does not send a 73 (either by
> choice or band change). You received his confirmation of your report to
> him, but you have not received a confirmation that he received yours!!
> Most people enter the contact in the log when the window comes up. This is
> a cause for “not in log” issues with online loggers and errors in LoTW.
> The question, is it a contact or not?
> My position: you got all the information for a valid contact. You just did
> not get a confirmation from the other station. Enter it in your log! In
> many cases, you just did not receive his 73 or he chose not to send it.
> Comments???
>
> Frank KA1AF
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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