“Confirming QSOs – Am I in His Log ?”

Judul lengkapnya “Confirming QSOs – Am I in His Log ?” – potongan artikel yang ditulis Bernie W3UR pada kolom How’s DX di QST – December 2011 ini lalu di CoPas dan diunggah ke milist YBDXC oleh OM Hen YCØQR.

Karena cukup menarik dan aktual, potongan artikel tersebut Ed. CoPas lagi ke e-QSP edisi ini (persis “as it is” dalam bhs Inggris, karena takut di sana-sini salah terjemahannya kalau harus disadur ulang dulu [Ed.]

Everyone who has been DXing for more than a few mi- nutes and has worked a DX station then afterward won- der to themselves and even to others “was that a good QSO?”.

Whether on SSB,CW,RTTY or the other digital modes, it happens.  The DX station will say something like “W3U YOU ARE 599”.

You come back and give your full call one or more times, hoping the DX station gets it this time, and then give the DX station a report back.   This is immediately followed by the DX station sending TU or thank you as he continues along his way through the pileup.

Seconds later you are left scratching your head, won- dering did he get your full call sign correct or not?.  All he said was thanks and went back to the pileup.  Even your friends won’t be able to help you to know for sure that the DX station indeed got your full call.

So how do you make sure the DX station gets your full correct call sign?  Here’s a trick I learned from my good friend   and   next   door   neighbor   Frank   Donovan, W3LPL. Never, and I mean NEVER, give the DX station a signal report until you know he has your call sign cor- rectly.  So when the DX station say, for example, “W3U YOU ARE 599”, call him again giving only your call sign and not a report.  Wait for him to give your full call and report again.  Once you are sure he has your full and complete call sign, then give the report.

If everyone in the pileup of the DX station did this, the DX operator would eventually figure it out.

The DX station on the other hand is not at fault for sending W3U U R 599.  After all he may not have not copied the full call sign and it is his job to keep the pileup moving.

Sending W3U? just gets many to continue calling be- cause some don’t listen carefully enough.  Instead, the DX station need to get as much of the call sign as pos- sible and then give the report to keep the rest in the pileup “thinking and having the feeling” that this op knows how to operate.  At the same time it is extremely important for the DX station to send the full call sign of the station he just worked and some kind of confirmation such as TU on CW or THANK YOU on Phone.

Hmmm,   menarik … dan semoga bisa jadi salah satu trick yang bisa digunakan dalam DX-ing untuk menghindari note dari DX station : “SRI U R NOT IN MY LOG”.

73 ES GUD DX DE Hen YCØQR