Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25591 invoked from network); 15 Aug 2004 14:22:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-spamcore01.plus.net) (192.168.71.1) by ptb-mailstore01.plus.net with SMTP; 15 Aug 2004 14:22:33 -0000 Received: from mailnull by ptb-spamcore01.plus.net with spamcore-l-b (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1BwLxx-000N0L-Gu for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:26:33 +0100 Received: from [192.168.67.1] (helo=ptb-mxcore01.plus.net) by ptb-spamcore01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1BwLxx-000N0I-EC for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:26:33 +0100 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1BwLu4-000G9P-SP for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:22:32 +0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1BwLtb-0007zt-SZ for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:22:03 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.30] (helo=relay.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1BwLtb-0007zk-Hv for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:22:03 +0100 Received: from [166.82.181.250] (helo=west.stanlynet.org) by relay.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1BwLtX-0006kI-Qf for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:22:03 +0100 Received: from att.net (ws-107.west.stanlynet.org [10.0.252.107]) by west.stanlynet.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i7FELvC14571 for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 10:21:57 -0400 Message-ID: <411F7187.2E73988A@att.net> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 10:21:59 -0400 From: Dexter McIntyre W4DEX X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <411F7502.18987.E57FAA@localhost> X-SPF-Result: relay.thorcom.net: 166.82.181.250 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of att.net X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=no, Subject: Re: LF: QRSS origin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none 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) 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