the '08 UHF contest rules clearly states
4. Exchange: Grid-square locater
6. Miscellaneous:
1. 6.1 Partial QSOs do not count. Both callsigns, full exchanges and
acknowledgment must be sent and received.
This is not in any of the Jan. June or Sept. VHF contest rules that I see.
w9Ray
> Hello again to the VHF contesters on the list....
>
> A month or so ago when I posted my first thoughts on this, I made a
> point of following a careful definition of what constitutes a valid VHF
> contact. Ron, W4WA, has elicited several responses on this on this
> reflector on this matter. It is clear that this idea needs to be
> revisited carefully. We need to have a standard and we need to follow
> it. If the VHF community wants to permit contacts like those done in HF
> contests, that is OK, we just all need to be sure of exactly what is the
> correct procedure.
>
> In the HF world, the following is accepted procedure:
>
> ME: CQ CQ K5QE K5QE over
> DX: W1XYZ
> ME: W1XYZ EM31
> DX: ROGER FN10 FN10 -- Sometimes this is just abreviated to FN10 FN10
> ME: QRZ Contest from K5QE over
>
> It is clear that several elements of Tilton's Rule for a valid VHF
> contact are missing here. I never received my call from W1XYZ and he
> never received a ROGER from me. If the abbreviated version of line 4 is
> employed, then I never got a ROGER from the DX station.
>
> A much better version of this is:
>
> ME: CQ CQ K5QE K5QE over
> DX: K5QE W1XYZ
> ME: W1XYZ K5QE EM31
> DX: ROGER FN10 FN10
> ME: ROGER QRZ Contest from K5QE over (Variations: ROGER ROGER QRZ from
> K5QE over and ROGER your FN10, QRZ from K5QE over)
>
> Her
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