Return-Path: Received: from mtain-mb10.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-mb10.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.96.30]) by air-da01.mail.aol.com (v128.1) with ESMTP id MAILINDA014-86614bb17bc11d1; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:19:13 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mtain-mb10.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 5BC7C380000E5; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:19:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1NwStV-0004jv-MQ for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:17:37 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1NwStV-0004jm-Bh for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:17:37 +0100 Received: from smtp-out21.han.skanova.net ([195.67.226.208]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1NwStT-0004RI-MJ for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:17:37 +0100 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (81.235.167.68) by smtp-out21.han.skanova.net (8.5.114) (authenticated as u33233109) id 4B9F44E300669D2B for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:17:29 +0200 Message-ID: <4BB17B5A.5080907@telia.com> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:17:30 +0200 From: "Johan H. Bodin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: , <38A51B74B884D74083D7950AD0DD85E82A1BB6@File-Server-HST.hst.e-technik.tu-darmstadt.de> <4BB0DC53.11486.1CDAEAC@mike.dennison.ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <4BB0DC53.11486.1CDAEAC@mike.dennison.ntlworld.com> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: Minimum content of a valid QRSS/DFCW QSO? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d601e4bb17bbf006a X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Mike Dennison wrote: [...] > The first is to know for certain that the station you are listening > to cannot be someone else (or something else). In this case a single > letter (either pre-arranged or part of the callsign) should be > adequate. Yes, of course. It important to remember that 9kHz is still "the lonely dreamer's band". Pile-ups and other "traffic jams" are still quite rare (!) so the risk of misreading a callsign is minimal. There are about three million licenced radio amateurs on the regulated ham bands. On 9kHz there is currently one (Stefan), and he has the privilege to choose his own callsign, operating procedures etc. without breaking any law. 73 Johan SM6LKM