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1. Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 08:37:16 -0500
have actually no guilt-trips or feelings of impropriety whatsoever. I agree with much of what Jeff says, but I do draw one line that I personally will not cross. I must actually **hear** a call and a
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00118.html (8,025 bytes)

2. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 08:34:41 -0800 (PST)
I've been watching this thread for a while and mostly agree with what everyone has been saying. What is important to remember is that this is a HOBBY! We do it for enjoyment, relaxation, and personal
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00120.html (11,552 bytes)

3. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: K1ZM@aol.com
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 11:59:04 EST
Bill's got it right I think. 1) I do have to hear my call 2) I do have to hear the report 3) I like to know the other fellow got it right too But, the use of technology to help make that happen is no
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00121.html (8,151 bytes)

4. Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: Robert Kavanagh <ve3osz@rac.ca>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:39:06 -0500
"If I cannot decode a weak signal with my own ears (not eyes), it's not a genuine "QSO" in my book." What is a QSO in the context of amateur radio ? To me, a QSO is a completed two-way communication
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00127.html (8,072 bytes)

5. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:07:09 -0500
take place - than I whatsoever. W4ZV replied: draw one line that call and a Unfortunately Bill the tendency to establish our success or self worth based on how we compare to others has resulted in a
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00128.html (9,647 bytes)

6. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Nathan" <k7rx@comcast.net>(by way of Bill Tippett<btippett@alum.mit.edu>)
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:37:05 -0500
Hi All, There is another angle to all of this that I would like to call to your attention. I am totally blind and all the water fall displays in the world are of no assistance. <GRIN> The one thing a
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00129.html (8,409 bytes)

7. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: "Pat Collins N8VW" <n8vw@linuxcolumbus.com>
Date: 13 Nov 2005 17:06:34 -0500
window I think this is were I lose you. If a contact is so hard to make that it requires coordination over a more reliable facility then what is the point of making that contact? WWBBD? Pat N8VW ____
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00130.html (8,171 bytes)

8. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: Dave Heil <k8mn@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:12:44 +0000
That's right, nobody pays us to do it right. We do it right because we do all of this for the love of it. The term "amateur" in "radio amateur" doesn't mean that we communicate poorly, or that our st
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00131.html (10,363 bytes)

9. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: VR2BrettGraham <vr2bg@harts.org.hk>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:23:48 +0000
Right - so please tell me, do you think it okay to fire up on top of CW stations already in QSO with SSB calling "QRZ?" to either get them to switch modes (at best - or worst, prevent the QSO from ha
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00132.html (8,785 bytes)

10. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:07:38 -0500
Larry, I believe I understand how QRSS works but it absolutely cannot be done without other means of communications. The reason is that the 0.033 Hz bandwidth VA3LK used to make the first transatlant
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00133.html (10,754 bytes)

11. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Keller - K3BZ" <k3bz@arrl.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:13:53 -0500
In his excellent book "The Complete DXer", no less an authority than Bob Locher W9KNI tells of getting phone calls from friends alerting him to new ones, giving him callsigns and frequencies. Bob cit
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00135.html (8,862 bytes)

12. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: Robert Marshall-Read <rmread@starhub.net.sg>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:28:25 +0800 (SGT)
Snip.... .....................End What Jeff and I were doing was not for the 'first' between our stations or even for a new country on Top Band. What we were trying to do was to find out where and wh
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00145.html (10,177 bytes)

13. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: "George Balint" <qrp.ben@sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:07:57 -0500
That's right, this is a hobby, but it has been for many years in the forefront of the technological innovations, so at the end something useful could come out of it. Most of us were attracted to the
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00146.html (10,347 bytes)

14. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: N1BUG <paul@n1bug.net>(by way of Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:32:40 -0500
*Many* VHF folks, and it is part of the reason I gave up and came back to top band. Too many "QSOs" involve some RF being sprayed into space along with minute by minute two-way internet/cluster exch
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00154.html (9,402 bytes)

15. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: "jon jones" <n0jk@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:14:02 +0000
The topic of "technology digital QSOs" is a major issue in on the VHF bands currently. But "QRSS" and JT-65 could easily be used on 160M. A major problem with the digital modes on VHF is they have "l
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00156.html (10,148 bytes)

16. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: jkearman@att.net (Jim Kearman)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 22:16:37 +0000
We set our own standards for what constitutes a valid QSO (within the rules and regs) and we know what we have accomplished. We don't have to quit just because others are claiming credit for QSOs th
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00159.html (8,868 bytes)

17. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:58:25 -0800 (PST)
I suspect that if Stew were on the band today, he could work DXCC in a couple of good weekends. I also suspect he wouldn't much like what he would hear on the band these days. Lets see, it took me ab
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00161.html (10,108 bytes)

18. Re: Topband: Technology "QSO's" (score: 1)
Author: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:57:23 -0500
Stew Perry years of That happened for a number of reasons. 1.) There weren't anywhere near the stations available to work. Many countries couldn't even work 160 until the 70's. 2.) LORAN was on and
/archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00163.html (9,944 bytes)


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