No change Gary, in fact I sent an amateur 2 valve bases a while back to get him going on 137 khz.
If you read my emails carefully all that I am saying is that to date all modes considered there has has been no improvement over normal CW or QRS and very economical with bandwidth and signal transfer between stations.
I have no objection to any mode being used as long as it does not swamp the band to the detriment of other band users. This past couple of nights one third of the available band of 3 khz has been occupied by olivia plus other data modes. ie 3 transmissions running parallel, this I do object to especially when I was having a QSO with G3XIZ and almost swamped out, however I do have good selectivity and did manage but I think XIZ and his experimental DC receiver was having a hard time. A data transmission or any other mode using around 200 hz bandwidth would be acceptable most of the time.
To be reasonable I have one suggestion. If someone is compelled to use a 1 khz wide mode then do it after say midnight for a few hours.
This reflecter has a big audicence and I get a considerable amounnt of private emails agreeing with observations that I am making, I also get a few that disagree.
As regards helping others this is going on all the time, and I frequently reply to requests for advice with all aspects of LF and MF projects.
I also get help, recently as a result of a discussion about preamps two other amateurs reading the mail sent me the required chips at no cost and likewise I do the same thing.
Most radio amateurs on here do discuss or argue their point in a civilised manner but you must have noticed how HOSTILE or ABUSIVE some get when their opinin differs from others. They lose ther plot go off at a tangent and start attacking the individual putting forward a point of view.
I am not against black boxes for certain applications and have used them in the past ie PK232 and KAM., computer systems sound cards with the appropriate software. I have a NOV for BBS operations GB7KEV and shifted the east coast main line mail for several years into Scotland and beyond using a V/UHF node network and gateway also on HF for worldwide mail exchanges. Main modes PACKET on V/UHF and Amtor/pactor on HF.
This business has almost gone now with the advent of Internet access for mail and traffic exchanges. The black box is ideal for the mass transfer of messages which would be a chore on CW.
I hope you now understand my point of view.
73 gl and HNY de Mal/G3KEV
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Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 9:03 PM
Subject: LF: RE: Re: RE: QRS 240
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Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 8:28 PM
LF,
Oh my god, he’s doing it on 136KHz now !!!
Gary - G4WGT.
Its hard to believe that someone on 137 is sending at qrs240 sec dot !!!.Think how long this would take for a QSO, surprisingly there is no QSB on rhe carrier. I cannot wait for an ID. I could read it at qrs 1
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