[Boatanchors] New MF Amateur Band Approved at WRC- 472 to 479kHz

[Drew P.]

David Stinson wrote:

"Believe me- if you have a reasonably
RF-quiet location (or good noise nulling),
an effective antenna (which doesn't have to be gigantic)
and, most important: accurate frequency calibration
on both ends, you can QSO with normal CW
and certainly with the digital modes across the continent
and across The Pond. "

Therein lies the rub - "a reasonably RF-quiet location". Many of us, particularly the economically-challenged, have absolutely no hope of securing reception with anything less than an S9 noise level.  QRSS, mundane though it be as compared to "real" modes, offers to those of us the only alternative.

Drew