Hello dear LF group,

in the last days the discussion about QRSS vs. normal CW came up again.
Of course Mal, Brian, Dave and all the others are right: normal CW
should be the first choice to make contacts on LF. But please keep in
mind that some stations have bad environmental conditions concerning
local QRM at reception - they can hardly hear amateur signals on LF so
they want to at least see them!

Look at my personal example: the back yard garden of DK1IS (see
www.qrz.com) is surrounded by blocks of flats full of pc- and tv-freaks
with drifting SMPSs, a fitness studio frying the members under
UV-discharge tubes and a dancing studio with a lot of pulse modulated
amplifiers and light beamers (I should not complain about this, my XYL
and I are active there and they permitted my Marconi top load just
running over their roof!). Under these circumstances there are often
situations when I´m shure that someone is calling in normal CW with S2
or S3 but it is not possible to have a QSO or even worse to finish a
running QSO with success. So I have to use QRSS - the digital overkill
to participate a little bit on LF!

There is another point: From time to time you can read in the activity
reports on the reflector "... everyone already worked ...". A short "73"
or "GL" with one´s own call when no other station is coming back would
enhance activity and motivation and would prove that everything still
works ok. I already thought about a certificate "10x10 LF" what means
you worked 10 stations each of them 10 times, with optional
endorsements! Sorry I´m not a good artist - so perhaps someone else will
pick up this idea.

Hpe to cu on LF - still missing CT, EA, EI, HA, ON, OZ,  to name only a
few!

Vy 73, good luck and merry xmas de

Tom, DK1IS
JN59WK