Re: LF: QRT 136

[M0FMT <m0fmt@yahoo.co.uk>]

Hi Mal and group

 

If I thought you were serious I would be worried. If you do go off the band or any other for that matter it would, IMHO be a loss. Your signal is one of the most consistent that I hear and see on the 136 band and the one thing I know is that if you hear a station you will work them DX or otherwise. You are one of a small number of powerful stations we have in the UK that actually send and receive QSO CW and will respond to poorly sent CW like mine. You may not know it but you have been and are an inspiration to one or two local stations here and when you have worked them it always gets mentioned in local VHF FM TB AM net QSOs.

 

Please don't make your QRT permanent.

73 es GL Pete M0FMT IO91UX

From: mal hamilton <g3kevmal@talktalk.net>
To: rsgb <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Sent: Tuesday, 12 February 2013, 9:27
Subject: LF: QRT 136

    LF

After some 15 years at least on 136 Khz I am now going to QRT and dismantle the equipment and Antennas

In the early days there were over 30 countries active on CW QSO mode and today there is virtually no QSO's taking place.

The band has gradually turned into a BEACON GRINDERS band with no effort to engage in having a QSO.I

 

It looks like the 630 metre band is going the same way although there is some two way communications taking place on CW around EU periodically.

Fortunately all other HF bands are primarily used for QSO purposes mostly CW and SSB with a small percentage using Data and other modes.

As far as I can remember I worked 35 different countries on 136 Khz CW plus a lot of others XBAND mostly 136/7033 worldwide.  

What has gone wrong ?????

HB9ASB/Tony and I used to work frequently on CW in those days mostly during daytime, OH1TN was another regular there were also a lot of ON/Belgium stns active, now all gone.

Now back to 5 Mhz and other HF bands for some real QSO'S on CW, worldwide into the bargain!!

 

 

 

 

G3KEV