[Moon-net] The World, The Moon, and JT65

[ZS6JDE Hannes Enslin]

Hi

I did a quick search on Google and found that there are several sites
stating "Standard Operating Procedures" for EME & weak signal - and found
nothing to contradict what was said on them:  

Here is a copy from W8WN (http://www.qsl.net/w8wn/hscw/papers/fsk-sop.html)
and I think that when we stick to this there is no problem - does not matter
if we do it on CW or JT65 or SSB -

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REQUIREMENTS FOR A QSO:
The same as for any mode of operation or propagation - an exchange of both
call signs, an exchange of some type of information or report, and an
exchange of confirmation of the same.
When a station copies both calls, he sends calls and report.
If he gets both calls and a report, he sends his report & Roger.
If he gets report and Roger, he sends Rogers.
When both get a pair of Rogers (you usually need at least two to be sure!),
the QSO is officially complete. However, the other station will not know
this. So it is customary to then send "73" to let the other station know
that it's complete, even though the "73" is not required for a complete QSO.

Mobile, portable and DXpedition stations normally never send 73 unless
they're shutting down, but instead return to calling CQ immediately after
the exchange of R's.
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My short Summary: (How I determine if a QSO is valid?)

Both stations exchange both calls & own locator?
Both stations exchange signal report?
Both stations exchange R ?

This sounds so simple - why the fuss?

The simple way to treat claims that are not in the log - return the card to
the guy and say "not in log".  I personally made a mistake and gladly
accepted responsibility for that.  What bothers me is that we miss the point
of enjoying our hobby by making a fuss about something so simple?

Can we now have a remembrance service or funeral for this issue and continue
with our life and start enjoying it?

ZS6JDE
Hannes Enslin
e-mail: zs6jde at sentechsa.com or zs6jde at mweb.co.za 
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