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Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 16:49:23 +0000
From: "gii3kev" <gii3kev@netscapeonline.co.uk>
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Rik Strobbe wrote:

> At 16:57 29/12/01 +0000, G3KEV wrote:
> >In spite of the slow qrs speed the duration of each qso was reasonably
> >quick.
> >QSO using 60 sec dots - took 60 mins approx to complete including
> >callsign and RO acks.
> >                   3  sec dots -           3 mins
> >                   2  sec dots-            2 mins
> >                   1  sec dots-             Althought John copied some
> >of the callsign the limitations of ARGO at this speed, hand sent speed,
> >did not permit a proper xband QSO. The dots and dashes were connected up
> >and virtually unreadable, Johns comment. .
>
> Hello Mal,
>
> very glad to see that your successes in QRSS, congrats for the crosband QSOs.
> I am just a bit puzzled by the QSO times given by you as just transmitting
> your call (G3KEV) at 1 min/dot would take 58 minutes (50 minutes if you use
> a 2/1 dash to dot ratio).

Used 2/1 ratio, callsign sent once and copied perfectly for each qso at dot
length as specified above.
No repeats etc were required. This was the case for all 3 xband qso's. Qsl was
immediate on 7025 khz from the 3 stations concerned, VE1ZJ , W1TAG, and W4DEX.
I hope you are not puzzled any more.
I realize some transatlantic qso's have taken hours and days to complete but not
in my case!!
I have several more reports and screen shots from VE1ZZ, W1JHJ,W3EEE and W3NF.
Best distance is 6277.5 kms
de Mal/G3KEV

.


>
> Maybe since January 1st there is a 3/1 conversion rate between the UK
> minute and the Euro minute ;-)
>
> But the main thing is that you made the QSO, regardless wether it took 1, 2
> ot 3 hours. Once again my congrats to you nad John.
>
> 73, Rik  ON7YD