It is my understanding that, by gentleman's agreement, QRSS operation
(slow-CW/visual-CW) normally takes place within the range 137.4 - 137.8
kHz.
For many months this arrangement did seem to work well. But, in August,
I reported to the LF Group that I had heard weak QRSS signals during a
weekend on 137.1 kHz - making it difficult to copy DX signals running
conventional CW in the range 137.0 - 137.2 kHz.
Unfortunately, I have once again heard the use of QRSS in the low part
of the band. But this time the signals were very strong, and - even
worse - were present for most of last weekend, making use of the bottom
end of the band virtually impossible at my QTH.
(But there is some good news: conventional CW operators do seem to be
respecting the 'narrowband' status of the 137.4 - 137.8 kHz segment.)
I am interested to know why the present arrangements fail to meet the
needs of all QRSS operators. Perhaps someone would be kind enough to
let me know . . . .
Regards to all,
Steve GW4ALG
[email protected]
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