What is an EME
Initial.?
The definition of
initial has
been determined historically by agreement amongst the EME community,
An initial contact
is said to
have been made been two stations when they have exchanged BOTH
calls and
reports and confirmation of the same via an EME path.
Reports should use
the TMO or
RST system (it is not possible to complete a QSO with a “T” report)
The use of a non
EME
communication path to confirm any part of the QSO whilst the attempt is
in progress, will invalidate the initial.
The rules applied
to the
stations concerned allow for only one initial to be counted no matter
how many callsigns activate that
particular station. Which means that a club
station only counts for one initial, no matter
how many members use it.
Conversely an EME
station
would count as a new initial (for those working it) every time it moved
to a
new grid square (FN21-FN20 etc).