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From: "hamilton mal" <g3kev.ham@virgin.net>
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Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 17:44:25 -0000
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Subject: LF: LMCW
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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