It still is LAZY MAN'S CW
Lazy man's cw
Dreamers Band
Silent Ross
Asymmetric Ears
are all explained in Hamiltons Dictionary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Dodd" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: LF: Re: LF es MF MODES ... a historical perspective
> 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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