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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 22:11:00 -0500
From: "Andre' Kesteloot" <andre.kesteloot@ieee.org>
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Subject: LF: shud we move on?
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hello Larry,
The AMRAD LF reflector, for one, would be very glad to post strange
ideas such
as yours, and those of others who entertain similar way out approaches
:-)
73
Andre' N4ICK
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Larry Kayser wrote:

> Gentlemen:
>
> With the completion of the TransAtlantic QSO is it time to consider moving
> on?  The RSGB reflector has been a wonderful and gracious host for the last
> 18 months that I have been a part of it - as we seem to be entering a new
> phase is it time to move onwards, to separate graciously and with good
> humour and good feelings into a European Centric focus for this reflector
> and the Really Really Weak Signal (RRWS) people move off and create our
> mahem in some other resource?  Would the RSGB consider hosting a RRWS
> reflector?
>
> This needs to be carefully thought through - I for one am reluctant to bring
> up issues about 300 second data bits simply because I know that many of the
> participants on this reflector are not even happy about 30 second visual CW
> bits.  I also am not keen to get into discussions that I know full well are
> making other users of the facility unhappy.
>
> For instance I saw an email today from Steve, GW4ALG that listed many LF
> users in the UK and Europe that I have never had a chance to hear, many of
> them obviously aural CW users.
>
> My question for your consideration is - should some of us move on.
>
> My personal quest is to head for higher performance systems, slower sending,
> and regular VA3 to ZL/VK and Europe communications.  I wonder who would like
> to go in that direction as a specialty within the LF community.
>
> Discussion?
>
> Larry
> VA3LK