LF: Re: LF es MF MODES ... a historical perspective

["James Moritz" <james.moritz@btopenworld.com>]

Dear LF Group,

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