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Subject: Re: LF: Re: 73kHz Activity Tonight
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 11:26:52 -0000
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rik Strobbe <rik.strobbe@fys.kuleuven.ac.be>
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Date: 05 December 2000 23:15
Subject: Re: LF: Re: 73kHz Activity Tonight


>Hello group,
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>I saw Jim (M0BMU) with a solid 'O' beaconing on 71.65kHz friday night. I
>could heard the signal going on and off, but QRM/QRN was to bad for a
>normal CW copy.
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>John (G4CNN) seemes to have improved his station, while I had some
>difficulties in reading him during our QSO a few days ago he was a solid
>'O' and would have been a 329 in CW during his QSO with PA0BWL.
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>On sunday morning F5MAF was a good 'O' copy, until there started a never
>ending QSO straight on top of Marc (the QSO included exchange of output
>power). Both stations were clearly audible with me (one 559 and the other
>even a lot stronger) and based on their locations they should have heard
>each other at least at the same strength.
>I know that the therapeutic value of QRSS is highly appreciated by some,
>but should QRSS not in the first place be a mode one uses to work stations
>that cannot be worked on faster modes (CW) ?
>Nothing against these long and strong signal QRSS QSOs, but to avoid that
>ones therapy becomes anothers frustration it might be usefull to keep the
>137700-137800Hz segment for real weak signal contacts (keeping QSOs short)
>and have a ragshew or therapeutic segment arround 137600Hz.
>
>73, Rik  ON7YD


Agree Rik.
qrss should only be used when normal cw fails. So far any qrss signals that
I have observed at this qth were strong enough to be copied on normal cw.
That includes both 136 and 73 khz bands. I am equipped for qrss send/receive
but do not use it because I have not found it necessary so far. Who wants to
make a qso that lasts for maybe 30 - 40 minutes or longer on qrss when using
normal cw it would take 2 - 3 minutes.
Qrss should be used sparingly and only when absolutely necessary.
73 de G3KEV

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