Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20690 invoked from network); 16 Aug 2004 10:28:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-spamcore02.plus.net) (192.168.71.3) by ptb-mailstore01.plus.net with SMTP; 16 Aug 2004 10:28:34 -0000 Received: from mailnull by ptb-spamcore02.plus.net with spamcore-l-b (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1Bwenf-000CVE-DI for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:33:11 +0100 Received: from [192.168.67.2] (helo=ptb-mxcore02.plus.net) by ptb-spamcore02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1Bwenf-000CVB-BW for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:33:11 +0100 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1BwejB-0009Db-Rc for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:28:33 +0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Bweii-0003Yz-DS for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:28:04 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.30] (helo=relay.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Bweih-0003Yq-V9 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:28:03 +0100 Received: from mta07-svc.ntlworld.com ([62.253.162.47]) by relay.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Bweie-0003V6-0D for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:28:03 +0100 Received: from captbrian ([80.1.184.29]) by mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.37 201-229-121-137-20020806) with SMTP id <20040816102815.ROPU5610.mta07-svc.ntlworld.com@captbrian> for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:28:15 +0100 Message-ID: <009401c4837c$17882c00$37bc0150@captbrian> From: "captbrian" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <411F7187.2E73988A@att.net><411F7502.18987.E57FAA@localhost><411F7187.2E73988A@att.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20040816110946.0214daf8@u0019445.kuleuven.be> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:30:45 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-SPF-Result: relay.thorcom.net: 62.253.162.47 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of ukonline.co.uk X-Spam-Score: 0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=no,HTML_20_30=0.474,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001,RCVD_IN_SORBS=0.1 Subject: Re: LF: QRSS origin Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Filtered: by PlusNet SpamCORE (v3.00) Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit
Adam ate the fruit only after Eve had been egging him on to do it. ! That was pretty early on in things...
Bryan
----- Original Message -----
From: Rik Strobbe
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: LF: QRSS origin

Mike,

very tricky.
Assuming one accepts evolution there was an egg before there was a chicken. But the egg wasn't a chicken-egg (it was the egg of some kind of pre-chicken). The first chicken-egg however was laid by the first chicken. So the egg was there before the chicken but the chicken was there before the chicken-egg.
For those who don't accept evolution it more simple : the chicken is first mentioned in Noë's arch, the chicken-egg at the Last Supper. So the chicken was there first.

Now back to LF ...

73, Rik  ON7YD

At 19:34 15/08/2004 -0500, you wrote:
I vote for the chicken. Where else would the egg come from? :-D

Later,

-- 
Mike
WE0H
WD2XGI


Dexter McIntyre W4DEX wrote:

Mike Dennison wrote:
 


I originated the term QRSS many years ago in an e-mail to
this group. 

The helpful addition of the number to denote the dot length
came much later when slower speeds became popular for
working DX, but I don't know its origin.
   


I recall a discussion about how to best specify the QRSS speed on the
Lowfer mail list.  This must have been over 5 years ago.  I
looked for
the message archives on qth.net but the messages prior to 2000 are not
there.  John, W1TAG, was the first I remember to use the QRSS(#)
term. 
About the same time Alberto released a new version of Argo or Spectran
which included the QRSS speed.  Also I don't know which came first,
the
chicken or the egg.

W4DEX