Thanks Mike for the comments.....
I am an experienced VHF operator (what's in the call, hi) and has been QRV
with both meteorscatter and EME,
so I know that procedures, which looks very much like the ones on LF....
I will seriously think about working 'split' etc.
Meanwhile I have to do so work in order to be albo to work DFCW as well
I will keep you all informed.
73
Dick, PA4VHF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Dennison" <[email protected]>
>
> There are no fixed periods. The essential thing is to keep QSOs as
> short as possible.
>
> A typical minimum QSO might be:
>
> CQ G3XDV K
> (note that 'de' is never used and only one
> callsign is sent)
> G3XDV PA4VHF K
> PA4VHF XDV O O K
> (just the sufffix is used after full callsigns
> have been exhanged. Reports are O for
> 100% readable, M for readable with difficulty,
> and T for unreadable)
> XDV VHF R O O TU SK
> (use TU for "thank you")
> VHF XDV R TU SK
> (and that is the end)
>
> When there is more time, you might give a locator. Some stations send
> "73", but this is very time-consuming. A question mark is used as a
> short form of "QRZ?"
>
> For an expedition things might be even more brief as they are on HF
> (but some people argue that full calls must be exchanged to make a
> valid QSO). Perhaps an expedition with callsign LX1XX might have QSOs
> like this:
>
> CQ LX1XX
> XX G3XDV K
> G3XDV O K
> R O SK
> R SK
>
> XX G3YXM K
> G3YXM O K
> R O SK
> R SK
>
> and so on .....
>
> There have been QSOs where the DX station works two people at once
> since two QRSS stations can often be copied at once, but I would not
> recommend this.
>
> I do suggest that before you leave home you notify this group of your
> transmit frequency (say 137.730kHz) and a receive range (say 137.680-
> 137.690kHz) and try to operate split to avoid long delays when
> unsuccessful callers are still on your frequency.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Mike, G3XDV
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