Hi Paul I agree your comment on RRR or RR73 being confirmation of reception "R" ack. There is a minor difference though RR73 is "I am fully happy and don't expect any further response from you", while RRR is usually taken to mean "I received you confirmation, but I want to be sure that you received my confirmation as well (before logging this QSO)" and then 73 from you is that confirmation of confirmation. Some even want a 73 to that 73 as confirmation of the confirmation of the confirmation!
73, Reino oh3mA From: Paul Randall [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 27. helmikuuta 2020 22:46 To: [email protected]; WSJT software development <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 and FT8 Contesting "......And when one QSO partner repeats either R-10 or RRR or RR73, it is his indication that he didn't copy the ack,...." Surely that statement is wrong. You only send RRR or RR73 to CONFIRM receiving the other stations "R" ack, never to indicate no copy. Sending R -10 means you copied the other stations report, you keep sending it until you get RRR or RR73. Once you get it, that's the end of the QSO. Nothing else required. If you don't get it, it isn't a QSO. I think the WSJT message exchange protocol is based on decades old moonbounce and MS procedures where 73 is simply a luxury that often isn't affordable. Best regards Paul Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 _____ From: Jim Brown <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 8:25:10 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] FT4 and FT8 Contesting On 2/27/2020 7:56 AM, Ron WV4P wrote: > RR73 is not part of the exchange. Wrong. The definition of a QSO is the exchange of callsign and one piece of info by each party, and the acknowledgement of receipt by by each. Each station must receive acknowledgement of the other's exchange. If that "information" is the signal report, The first ack is the R in R-10, the second, by the other station, is RRR or RR73. What is NOT required is 73. But it IS required for each station to have copied the other's ack. And when one QSO partner repeats either R-10 or RRR or RR73, it is his indication that he didn't copy the ack, and the other station should repeat the ack. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
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