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Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2011 10:27:53 +0100
From: Peter Dodd <g3ldo@o2.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: LF: Re: LF es MF MODES ... a historical perspective
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Jim's history lesson is spot on. I recall Mal describing QRSS as "lazy 
man's CW"

Regards

Peter, G3LDO


>
> G3KEV wrote:
>> You have just verified what I have always said.
>> Yes keep an open mind and experiment but in the end all will come to 
>> the same conclusion as Yourself.
>> QRSS/DFCW....
>
>> I think if we all co ordinated our efforts on QRS Mode using various 
>> QRS speeds to suit the individual requirements there >would be 
>> uniformity throughout the LF/MF fraternity and a better chance of 
>> being either heard/seen or have a QSO >worldwide.
>
> People who subscribed to this reflector relatively recently may not be 
> aware that, when QRSS and DFCW first started to be used on LF more 
> than a decade ago, Mal spent literally years rubbishing them, going on 
> endlessly about incompetent appliance operators, not-real-QSOs, 
> unbalanced ears, real men only use CW, etc, etc, etc, I'm sure you get 
> the idea. Meanwhile, others put considerable effort into developing 
> and sucessfully using these then-new modes for transmission and 
> reception near and far, and now they have become well-established on 
> LF and other bands too. Eventually there was an awkward phase when 
> G3KEV, bowing to the inevitable, started to appear on spectrograms in 
> QRSS3 mode, but slower speeds were still beneath contempt. So it is 
> rather nice to see Mal has finally embraced these modes, even if that 
> wasn't really what he has "always said".  If you want a hint as to 
> which are the most promising new modes for LF and MF, take a look at 
> what Mal is dismissing today, and see what he is using in 10 years time!
>
> Cheers, Jim Moritz
> 73 de M0BMU
>
>
>