Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2985 invoked from network); 24 May 1999 19:13:56 +0100 Received: from magnet.plus.net.uk (HELO magnet.force9.net) (195.166.128.26) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 24 May 1999 19:13:56 +0100 Received: (qmail 10582 invoked from network); 24 May 1999 18:17:06 -0000 Received: from punt.unica.co.uk (194.75.183.60) by magnet.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 24 May 1999 18:17:06 -0000 Received: from troy.blacksheep.org ([194.75.183.50] ident=root) by punt.unica.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.00 #2) id 10lzDS-0006JI-00; Mon, 24 May 1999 19:12:46 +0100 Received: (from root@localhost) by troy.blacksheep.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA03566 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing; Mon, 24 May 1999 18:13:07 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from post.thorcom.com (root@post.unica.co.uk [194.75.183.70]) by troy.blacksheep.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA03562 for ; Mon, 24 May 1999 18:13:05 GMT Received: from nms.rz.uni-kiel.de ([134.245.1.2]) by post.thorcom.com with smtp (Exim 2.04 #3) id 10lzRv-0004h9-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 24 May 1999 19:27:43 +0100 Received: from mail.uni-kiel.d400.de (actually srv1.mail.uni-kiel.de) by nms.rz.uni-kiel.de with Local-SMTP (PP); Mon, 24 May 1999 20:12:17 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from nephro.uni-kiel.de by mail.uni-kiel.d400.de (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id UAA26644; Mon, 24 May 1999 20:12:14 +0200 Message-ID: <37499685.51BBFD17@nephro.uni-kiel.de> Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 20:12:21 +0200 From: "Peter W. Schnoor" Organization: University of Kiel, Clinic of Nephrology X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.33 i586) To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: Spectrogram dot length References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Hello Group, Hi Mike, Mike Dennison wrote: > [...] > This makes two points: > 1) What a good idea it was to have reports using just dashes. That's what I suggested some month ago: *Four* dashes for indicating "just audible". > 2) There does appear to be an advantage in a practical situation > when dot lengths are increased to 10s or so. Fully agreed! This corresponds to my own experiences especially under man made noise. > On the subject of QRSs, it may be useful to list a few abbreviations > which are acceptable. For instance, DJ5BV did not send QRZ? to > me, he just sent ?? which was clearly understood. A replacement > for 73 would be useful - what about just TU (meaning 'thank you' for > anyone who hasn't done HF CW recently)? I'm preferring CU (*SEE* YOU) since that's what has happened or should be... 54°16'N / 10°04'E, JO54ag 73 es gl de Peter, DF3LP