Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8504 invoked from network); 8 Oct 1999 09:48:27 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO magnus.force9.net) (195.166.128.27) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 8 Oct 1999 09:48:27 +0100 Received: (qmail 24761 invoked from network); 8 Oct 1999 08:48:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by magnus.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 8 Oct 1999 08:48:10 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11ZVZR-0006OA-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 08 Oct 1999 09:40:09 +0100 Received: from mserv1a.u-net.net ([195.102.240.34]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11ZVZQ-0006O5-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 08 Oct 1999 09:40:08 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from rsgb.u-net.com ([195.102.80.225] helo=rsgb.org.uk) by mserv1a.u-net.net with esmtp (Exim 2.10 #63) id 11ZVaM-0001aB-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 8 Oct 1999 09:41:07 +0100 Received: from miked by rsgb.org.uk with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.8.5.0.R) for ; Fri, 08 Oct 1999 09:25:48 +0100 From: "Mike Dennison" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Organization: Radio Society of Great Britain To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 09:25:47 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: LF: 73KHz skeds In-reply-to: <000301bf114d$cc482f60$de558cd4@dave> X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.11) X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Return-Path: miked@mail.rsgbhq Message-ID: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: > >From Dave G3YMC > > I gather from later mails that the tests between G3LDO and G3XDV may have > been on QRSS. If that were the case then the interrupted carriers I heard > on Tuesday and Wednesday may well have been them, and would have been Q5 > copy on normal CW (admittedly buried somewhat in the noise). > No, Dave, apart from one short transmission from me (copied by G3NYK) it was all at about 8-10WPM. We were both, however, using Spectrogram in order to be able to dig deeper into the noise than our ears could. A useful technique is to use both eyes and ears at the same time! > Point to note - identification in normal CW at frequent intervals would > have helped very much in this case. > Yes, when using slow CW, or indeed PSK31, it is important (though easy to forget) to send callsigns at normal speed. It is a legal requirement in the UK, at least every 15 minutes. Mike Dennison, G3XDV Publications Manager * RadCom * Ham Radio Today * GB2RS News * * RSGB Books and CDs * Radio Society of Great Britain Lambda House, Cranborne Road Potters Bar, Herts UK, EN6 3JE Tel: +44 (0) 1707 659015; Fax: +44 (0) 1707 645105 RSGB - UK AMATEUR RADIO