At 11:28 21/01/00 +0000, M0BMU wrote:
Dear LF group,
I am almost ready to go with QRSS; however I have not seen a
complete QRSS QSO yet, so I would appreciate some operating
procedure guidelines from the regular users of this mode, before
taking the plunge.
Operating QRSS is rather simple, just a few 'specialities' :
- QRSS segment (inofficial) is 137600 - 137800, most activity is between
137700 and 137750
- keep your CQ's short :
eg. CQ M0BMU K not CQ CQ CQ M0BMU M0BMU M0BMU PSE K
- report system is the TMO system :
T = signal traces seen but not good enough for a QSO
M = weak signal but good enough for a QSO
O = perfect copy
some practical tips :
- during a QSO (once you are sure that both stations have the calls OK) you
can use the suffixes instead of complete calls
- if you see the end of a QSO and you want to contact one of the stations
you can start calling this station while is previous QSO is going on, just
call on another frequency.
- if replying to a CQ it is good to call NOT exactly on the caller's
frequency, this will avoid QRM in case more than 1 station is responding.
Good luck with QRSS
Rik ON7YD
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