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From: Alberto di Bene <dibene@usa.net>
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  On 9/9/2010 9:45 PM, Stefan Sch=C3=A4fer wrote:
> /OK, but most people are just transmitting beacon signals! I would not=
 even have the time to do a real QSO /
Yes, this is the whole point. IMHO QSOs are for rag chewers. More technica=
lly inclined OMs prefer to use beacons, as they
serve the real purpose of being a radioamateur, which is NOT to do QSOs =
 :   "ur sig 599 tnx fer qso hpe cuagn"
That is simply a waste of the radio spectrum. The ultimate goal of the rad=
ioamateur is to perform experiments to=20
increase the
level of individual knowledge.  For this reason beacons are very useful,=
 and if it takes 10 hours to decode an ID,=20
scavenging
into the noise down to sub-millihertz resolution, so be it.  This is the=
 reason why to have QRSS600 and beyond.

The only danger to this is that some rag chewer starts an useless QSO near=
 the beacon, causing QRM....

73  Alberto  I2PHD

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    On 9/9/2010 9:45 PM, Stefan Sch=C3=A4fer wrote:
    <blockquote cite=3D"mid:4C89394F.40103@iup.uni-heidelberg.de"       =
 type=3D"cite"><i>OK, but most people are just transmitting beacon
        signals! I would not
        even have the time to do a real QSO </i></blockquote>
    Yes, this is the whole point. IMHO QSOs are for rag chewers. More
    technically inclined OMs prefer to use beacons, as they<br>
    serve the real purpose of being a radioamateur, which is NOT to do
    QSOs=C2=A0 : =C2=A0 "ur sig 599 tnx fer qso hpe cuagn"=C2=A0 <br>
    That is simply a waste of the radio spectrum. The ultimate goal of
    the radioamateur is to perform experiments to increase the<br>
    level of individual knowledge.=C2=A0 For this reason beacons are very
    useful, and if it takes 10 hours to decode an ID, scavenging<br>
    into the noise down to sub-millihertz resolution, so be it.=C2=A0 This=
 is
    the reason why to have QRSS600 and beyond.<br>
    <br>
    The only danger to this is that some rag chewer starts an useless
    QSO near the beacon, causing QRM....<br>
    <br>
    73=C2=A0 Alberto=C2=A0 I2PHD<br>
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