Re: [wsjt-devel] strange response

[Bill S. <g4...@cl...>]

On 13/07/2020 16:44, Bill Somerville wrote:
> On 13/07/2020 16:21, Al wrote:
>> (wsjt-x 2.2.2 Win10 2004 )
>> FYI..
>> This sequence ended strangely..
>>
>>
>> AL, K0VM
>
> Hi Al,
>
> nothing strange there. You QSO partner acknowledged your report to 
> him, on the third resend with a non-standard message, something he can 
> do as his callsign is sufficiently short and he chose not to address 
> it to your callsign. He has sent the equivalent of an RR73 message and 
> can be seen going immediately on to working another station, so I 
> think you are perfectly OK to log the QSO as complete two-way. There 
> must always be some doubt that the message "R 1W W5KDJ 73" was 
> actually addressed to you, but given the context it is probably fine.
>
> 73
> Bill
> G4WJS.
>
Hi Al,

note that, critically, if there had been an extra pair of periods 
between the CQ by W5KDJ at 151200, and his response at 151230, with no 
decoded message from W5KDJ. Then you could make no such assumption since 
he could be signing off with a completely different station, i.e. not 
with you.

73
Bill
G4WJS.