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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:01:09 +0100
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Subject: Re: LF: Important question on LF QSOs
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Hi Paul,

Am 23.03.2018 13:38, schrieb N1BUG:
> LF / 2200 meter community,
>
> I am a little afraid to ask this question. I don't want to start a
> "war" here. But...
>    
No problem!
> What is the feeling in the LF community about a QSO (DFCW or QRSS)
> which takes more than a single night to complete? Is this OK or will
> it be seen as cheating?
>    
Also no problem.
The problem is, you need to find someone on the other side who is 
motivated to try the wholw night.
It is more likely to do it in JT9-10 or so.
Or in EbNaut, if there has been a clear definition of the parameters and 
the start time and repeat sequence.

> I am a very conservative operator but I cannot think of any reason
> why a QSO spanning a few nights would not be perfectly OK. To me it
> seems that's just taking advantage of available propagation and
> (very slow) modes which can get information across.
>    
There is a rule that there must be no information exchanged by the QSO 
partners on another channel (like this reflector).
> I do think that if the operators stop for some nights, the QSO
> should reset to the beginning because that is a new attempt.
>
> I'm trying to find out what the community feels about this. I want
> to be a respectable member of this community, not an invading
> outlaw. ;-) If a QSO taking a few nights is considered evil, I won't
> do it. Now is your chance to educate me.
>    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5ApYxkU-U
We don't need no education :-)

73, Stefan

> 73,
> Paul N1BUG
>
>