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From: "Bill Staples" <G0aky@btinternet.com>
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
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Subject: Re: LF: Please more normal CW activity on Saturday and Sunday morning
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:08:18 -0000
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Hi Steve
Myself and some others in this area fully support your comments, I admit its
a great achievement
to make transatlantic but please enough is enough Gentlemen! give it a rest.
regards Bill G0AKY

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Rawlings" <steve@alg.demon.co.uk>
To: "LF Group" <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 6:12 PM to make
Subject: Re: LF: Please more normal CW activity on Saturday and Sunday
morning


> Dick PA0SE wrote:
> >
> > Sometimes a fellow amateur tells me he would like to become
> > active on LF and asks my advice. I tell him/her to buy The low
> > frequency experimenters handbook and/or the older Source book
> > and to read what has been published on LF in our magazine
> > Electron. After handing out some tips on receiving invariably
> > the question comes what the best times are to listen for a
> > signal. My answer has always been "Saturday and Sunday
> > morning".  But I'm afraid that won't help the newcomer much
> > anymore because there are hardly any signals to be heard
> > nowadays.
> I think that the golden days of LF are finished, and, today, I
> would not advise anyone to waste their time building an LF
> station.  A couple of years ago we could all make QSOs on LF
> using simple CW equipment - knowing that there were plenty of
> courteous operators on the band - all ready to give us a report
> and to provide encouragement.
>
> But the arrival of demon QRSS operators such as G3LDO has changed
> all that.  These days, CW operators have to do their best between
> S9 + 20 dB QRSS signals sent by operators who have little or no
> regard for other band users.  With so much QRSS now taking place
> within the normal CW segment of the band, 136 kHz is no longer a
> suitable band for those wishing to make QSOs with simple
> equipment.
>
> Today's QRSS operators are removing the opportunities for
> experimentation that they themselves were enjoying just a couple
> of years ago.  I am not surprised that newcomers get fed up with
> listening to strange, intermittent carriers on LF.
>
> > I accept that to bridge the Atlantic Ocean is much more
> > challenging than a normal CW QSO within Europe but nevertheless
> > I would like to hear some more traditional activity on Saturday
> > and Sunday morning, as it was a year or more ago.
> CW operators might return to 136 kHz if they knew that there was
> a part of the band where they were not going to be QRMed by lid
> operators.  But, at the moment, this is looking unlikely: I'm
> afraid that the unfortunate actions of our very own LF mentor has
> set the scene for others throughout Europe to follow.
>
> In the past, I have always been keen to promote 136 kHz via my
> web site.  In the light of recent events, I feel compelled to
> update my web pages to provide a more accurate picture of what
> it's like to operate on LF from the UK these days.
>
> Regards to all,
> Steve GW4ALG
>
>