Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31934 invoked from network); 19 Apr 2003 17:47:52 -0000 Received: from marstons.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.223) by mailstore with SMTP; 19 Apr 2003 17:47:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 27858 invoked by uid 10001); 19 Apr 2003 17:47:52 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by marstons.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 19 Apr 2003 17:47:52 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 196wOb-0005cz-8g for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 18:45:01 +0100 Received: from [62.253.164.44] (helo=mta4-svc.business.ntl.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 196wOR-0005cn-Ld for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 18:44:51 +0100 Received: from l8p8y6 ([62.252.228.58]) by mta4-svc.business.ntl.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20030419174450.GYHT11888.mta4-svc.business.ntl.com@l8p8y6> for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 18:44:50 +0100 Message-ID: <000c01c30692$f02d5340$3ae4fc3e@l8p8y6> From: "hamilton mal" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 17:43:57 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: REAL CW Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=5.0tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGEversion=2.53 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit

I call CQ at times on 137.2 khz using real CW, but seldom get a reply although recently I did get a couple of replies from DL and OZ. Their observations are that there is too much QRS and not enough real CW like there used to be.

Most of those that used to be active on LF and are now QRT have gone because of the lack of CW. Why does the LAZY MANS mode prevail when most of those using QRS are good enough signals to work normal CW. All the UA stns active so far including UA9 are all audible with me and could be worked on CW. Its too easy on QRS just using a finger on the keyboard and sitting back watching. Even those with ASYMETRICAL EARS surely could manage the odd CW qso.

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