From: "Mike Dennison" <mike.dennison@rsgb.org.uk>
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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:43:21 -0000
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Subject: Re: LF: Please more normal CW activity on Saturday and Sunday morning
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PA0SE wrote:
> . . . . . . . . . . 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.
> Perhaps from time to time a CQ, most of the time not being answered
> and some QRSS, which is unlikely to be recognised by a newcomer as an
> amateur signal.

Dick has a good point here, and many of us are guilty of pursuing 
our own particular interest without thinking of possible newcomers to 
the band.

I prefer to use QRS at the weekends because I can multi-task and 
do jobs round the house whilst the Tx is doing the slow sending, but I 
will try to make at least one 'real' QSO on Saturday and Sunday 
morning every week.


Mike, G3XDV (IO91VT)
http://www.lf.thersgb.net