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Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 19:05:09 +0100
From: "Andy Talbot" <andy.g4jnt@googlemail.com>
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Error!

LMCW Started in on 27 July 1997 when I first transmitted over the 393km path
to G3PLX on 72.09kHz..   Dot period was 100s, and it took several hours of
overnight keying to send my callsign.  Peter received in a bandwidth of
0.03Hz

That was "real" QRSS - none of this namby-pamby 1 - 10s dots the amateurs of
today use :-)  You can almost hear that!

Andy  G4JNT


On 22/05/07, hamilton mal <g3kev.ham@virgin.net> wrote:
>
> Lazy Man CW started in England a few years ago on 137 khz and only spread
> to
> mainland EU in a small way and I am glad to say that the 30 countries that
> I
> worked in the past were all on CW including Russia.
> LMCW is useful under very difficultr conditions but seldom necessary for a
> competent CW operator and anything slower than qrs 10 is seldom necessary,
> although qrs3 usually does the trick.
> The qrp restriction in the UK on 500 khz at present is adequate for CW
> around EU, it seems there is no one beyond beyond OM/OK even interested
> except by arrangement.
> It has been pointed out by others that the 100 mw does not encourage real
> research because it is so easy to generate this power, so with a wet
> string
> and a signal generator you have achieved the object.
> We need 10 w and even more realistic 20 w for real R and D to take placed,
> and these power levels(erp) are more difficult to achieve than you think
> given the average radio amateur antenna system.
> If there is no change in the UK pwr restriction in the future I cannot see
> this band lasting for long, and EU so slow to even get going it does not
> justify the effort. What has happened to the EEC one for all and all for
> one. Its all a joke.
> I was in EI land a couple of weeks ago and vehicle fuel was 69 pence a
> litre, in the UK 96.9 pence can u see what I mean, and by the way there is
> no council tax on properties in EI.
> Its now the same few amateurs keeping the band going. Look what has
> happened
> to 137 khz, it has virtually died out.
> Apart from the novelty of 500 kihz 160 m is a better band, does the same
> thing and with 400w in the dx area the world is your OYSTER!!!!
> 73 De Mal/G3KEV
>
>
>
>

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<div>Error!</div>
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<div>LMCW Started in on&nbsp;27 July 1997 when I first transmitted over the 393km path to G3PLX on 72.09kHz..&nbsp;&nbsp; Dot period was 100s, and it took several hours of overnight keying to send my callsign.&nbsp; Peter received in a bandwidth of 
0.03Hz</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>That was &quot;real&quot; QRSS - none of this namby-pamby 1 - 10s dots the amateurs of today use :-)&nbsp; You can almost hear that!</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Andy&nbsp; G4JNT</div>
<div><br><br>&nbsp;</div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 22/05/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">hamilton mal</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:g3kev.ham@virgin.net">g3kev.ham@virgin.net</a>&gt; wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Lazy Man CW started in England a few years ago on 137 khz and only spread to<br>mainland EU in a small way and I am glad to say that the 30 countries that I
<br>worked in the past were all on CW including Russia.<br>LMCW is useful under very difficultr conditions but seldom necessary for a<br>competent CW operator and anything slower than qrs 10 is seldom necessary,<br>although qrs3 usually does the trick.
<br>The qrp restriction in the UK on 500 khz at present is adequate for CW<br>around EU, it seems there is no one beyond beyond OM/OK even interested<br>except by arrangement.<br>It has been pointed out by others that the 100 mw does not encourage real
<br>research because it is so easy to generate this power, so with a wet string<br>and a signal generator you have achieved the object.<br>We need 10 w and even more realistic 20 w for real R and D to take placed,<br>and these power levels(erp) are more difficult to achieve than you think
<br>given the average radio amateur antenna system.<br>If there is no change in the UK pwr restriction in the future I cannot see<br>this band lasting for long, and EU so slow to even get going it does not<br>justify the effort. What has happened to the EEC one for all and all for
<br>one. Its all a joke.<br>I was in EI land a couple of weeks ago and vehicle fuel was 69 pence a<br>litre, in the UK 96.9 pence can u see what I mean, and by the way there is<br>no council tax on properties in EI.<br>Its now the same few amateurs keeping the band going. Look what has happened
<br>to 137 khz, it has virtually died out.<br>Apart from the novelty of 500 kihz 160 m is a better band, does the same<br>thing and with 400w in the dx area the world is your OYSTER!!!!<br>73 De Mal/G3KEV<br><br><br><br></blockquote>
</div><br>

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