[amsat-bb] QSO Protocol

[James Duffey]

Joe - Historically and traditionally, the minimum standard for VHF QSOes has been:

Both stations send and copy both calls
Both stations exchange a meaningful piece of information
Both stations acknowledge receipt of the information.

So a minimal QSO would go like this:

KK6MC: CQ KK6MC
WB9BSD: WB9SBD
KK6MC: WB9SBD, DM65tc
KK6MC: roger, EN43XO 
WB9BSD: roger

At this point the required minimum amount of information has been exchanged, but there is some ambiguity as to whether or not KK6MC has received WB9SBD’s rogers, so it is customary for KK6MC to send 73 to acknowledge the roger. So the typical QSO goes:


KK6MC: CQ KK6MC
WB9BSD: WB9SBD
KK6MC: WB9SBD, DM65tc
KK6MC: roger, EN43XO 
WB9BSD: roger
KK6MC: 73

Nothing says that satellite QSOes have to go this way, but it is a good place to start. Everything is there and if you take something out, it starts to make less sense. I hope that this helps. - Duffey KK6MC



On Oct 2, 2016, at 2:37 PM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:

> What is the standard for a minimal contact of what must be exchanged for a valid QSO?
> 
> Joe WB9SBD
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