Something strange happened today. I was in a broadcast-only QSO with K6NLX and he let me know that comments that were appearing with his callsign were not his. Then we connected and again the comments were not entered by 'the real K6NLX'. We ended the qso and had a phone call. I guess that someone who sees traffic simply has to eroneously add another's callsign and then can join in on a qso??? I didn't think a connection could be more than 2 VarAC stations.
We were using a non-standard calling frequency (7.085) that my local EmComm group uses for a VarAC net in the morning.
Does this make sense? It actually happened. Are there any files/logs that would yield any useful evidence?
Rick KJ7ROX
Well - if someone faked their callsign to be K6NLX then sure there is nothing to do about it from a technical perspective.
Just FYI that broadcast QSO is not an actual link. In a link - only 2 parties can make a QSO. Broadcast is an asynch type of communication (like APRS) with no delivery-gurenteed mechanism. It is built for sending a messages to a large group, small group or to a single station. IT can be used for group call - it is possible that you and two K6NLXs had a 3-way QSO...
73s!
irad