[Fwd: LF: LDO > ZJ > ZZ a two-way?]

[Andre' Kesteloot]

Mike Dennison wrote:

> I have been giving some thought to whether I personally regard the
> recent G3LDO/VE1ZJ/VE1ZZ QSO to be a two-way.
>
> My initial reaction was to say that because there was a relay station
> that did more than just relay - he decoded the spectrogram - this did
> not constitute a two-way with remote receive.
>
> I still think it was not a two-way between VE1ZZ and G3LDO, but was
> it a two-way transatlantic QSO? There was no 'assistance' on either
> of the transatlantic paths, only when it reached VE, and the required
> callsigns and previously unknown information (report) crossed the
> Atlantic in both directions, and ended up with the same two stations.
> I think Peter, John and Jack can claim the first two-way, though
> they have not yet.
>
> This looks like it might be an interesting question for the Bobek
> Trophy adjudicators in RSGB (not me), DARC and AMRAD.
>
> Mike, G3XDV (IO91VT)
> http://www.lf.thersgb.net