Hello to the group
With increased traffic on the ISS digipeater, what constitutes a valid contact ? Maybe this has already been discussed and there is a procedure in place? I would think that something along the lines of JT65 would work well enough to know that someone was actually on the other side of the QSO and not just a beacon. Like the exchange of call signs and grid squares, a signal report of some sorts ( of course they would all be 599 so maybe something else could be used, maybe grids would work better here instead of grids with call signs ) and then a 73 to finish it off. So something like CQ CQ KC0BMF KC0BMF de AB0CDE DMxx AB0CDE de KC0BMF EN31 KC0BMF 73 AB0CDE ABOCDE 73 KC0BMF
of course like JT65 the last 73 would be optional. Using the program UISS this is pretty straight forward as you can have the messages already built in the TX APRS message except for the call sign and the callsign is added to the message by double clicking the appropriate call in the MHeard list and changing the message with the pull down window. Any thoughts would be appreciated as I'm being asked by folks what I contact this very question.
73 John KC0BMF
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