Mal!
In the end it's up to you....weather you quit activity on LF or not.
Though I like some of your controversial opinions, I also do not agree
with all of them....this is what a discussion is about.
LF and the modes used as well as many other things in our lives have
changed recently. No matter if we appreciate or not....it is a fact!
There are some people around who are very active and they are putting a
lot of effort into their hobby as I do! So speaking about "no progress"
just does not seem right to me!
73 es gl
OE3GHB
Gerhard
Am Sonntag, den 22.05.2011, 18:44 +0100 schrieb mal hamilton:
> Stefan
> I am considering going QRT on LF.
> You cannot hear me on CW with 1w erp nor can you hear PA0A with 800
> watts/1w erp, I can hear you and others but the majority are on Beacon
> mode qsl via email, and I only am interested in QSO mode, so there is
> no point me continuing to TX.
> I can work into i5 and OH winter or summer on cw so there is a problem
> with most operators currently on LF on RX mode, either receivers
> or Antennas are not adequate for the job. I have perfected my station
> TX/RX and Antennas but unfortunately others have made no progress over
> the past couple of years and the CW has got worse, if anything the
> norm is now QRP and qsl via email with no effort to engage in a QSO,
> also some are trying to promote WSPR unattended auto communications,
> where no skill is required and not for me.
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> de mal/g3kev
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stefan Schäfer
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 3:04 PM
> Subject: Re: LF: Re: LF CW center of activity??
>
>
> Mal, LF,
>
> Am 22.05.2011 14:43, schrieb mal hamilton:
> > Stefan es Co
> > The procedure in the past was to use CW anywhere on the 137 khz
> band and
> > then Tune the band after a CQ for a reply, this is what I do because
> > everybody has their antenna resonated on a different frequency and
> it avoids
> > working off resonance, which is not recommended with HI Q antenna
> systems
> > and high power.
> > 136.5 khz was used by those with the Ropex TX xtal controlled on
> that
> > frequency, then they would tune the band for replies for those with
> VFO ctl,
> > also avoid QRM.
> >
> OK, tnx, info.
> > In the beginning and for some years the only mode used was CW then
> QRS was
> > introduced and later Beacons.
> > Since the introduction of QRS and Beacons the LF population has
> dropped from
> > over 30 active countries and over 100 radio operators to virtually
> Nil at
> > present.
> >
> Generate an optimistic view! You have a good station, so just
> be QRV often and bring up some signals that can be received by
> new upcoming stations.
> Beacon transmissions are interesting (e.g. for watching the
> QRN behaviour) and give some signals for those optimising
> their RX and so on. But (i agree that) a real "CQ..." is
> rather a motivation than just a suffix.
> Since i am QRV again with a fixed antenna (and during the /p
> activities) i got several emails from people receiving me, who
> are not member of the reflector (probably) and still cannot
> transmit. Usually people start receiving on LF, TXing comes
> after that. If there is not even a ham generated signal that
> can be received, why should people start to build a TX? If
> there is some activity (maybe adding the locator sometimes, to
> give the only-RX-stations some information about the
> distance), new people may come up here.
> A new active generation, this is what i want to work for!
>
> 73,Stefan/DK7FC
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