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
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