I have been giving some thought to whether I personally regard the
recent G3LDO/VE1ZJ/VE1ZZ QSO to be a two-way.
My initial reaction was to say that because there was a relay station
that did more than just relay - he decoded the spectrogram - this did
not constitute a two-way with remote receive.
I still think it was not a two-way between VE1ZZ and G3LDO, but was
it a two-way transatlantic QSO? There was no 'assistance' on either
of the transatlantic paths, only when it reached VE, and the required
callsigns and previously unknown information (report) crossed the
Atlantic in both directions, and ended up with the same two stations.
I think Peter, John and Jack can claim the first two-way, though
they have not yet.
This looks like it might be an interesting question for the Bobek
Trophy adjudicators in RSGB (not me), DARC and AMRAD.
Mike, G3XDV (IO91VT)
http://www.lf.thersgb.net
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