[Lowfer] Important question on LF QSOs

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Paul,

The creepy-crawly slow-motion QSOs are not my cup of tea. But! I do not 
have to participate:) If two stations are able to successfully 
communicate their information then it's a QSO. The idea underlying those 
"eventually" modes is to some day communicate some kind of 
'intelligence' under very adverse conditions. I think that starts with 
"hey, there is a station out their transmitting" and progresses to who 
and where they are then through to the end of a two-way (or more way) 
exchange. A long-winded rag chew at conversational speeds is not part of 
the definitions I have seen. If the information exchanged has to 
actually be useful that would exclude most QSOs <sly grin>.

My very first novice QSO qualified for RCC (rag chewers club) and for 
that matter, so did my second. The tee shirt is a long time gone. QRSS 
and WSPR are not spoken here. But I can easily QSY if they are on.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 03/23/2018 08:38 AM, N1BUG wrote:
> LF / 2200 meter community,
>
> I am a little afraid to ask this question. I don't want to start a
> "war" here. But...
>
> What is the feeling in the LF community about a QSO (DFCW or QRSS)
> which takes more than a single night to complete? Is this OK or will
> it be seen as cheating?
>
> I am a very conservative operator but I cannot think of any reason
> why a QSO spanning a few nights would not be perfectly OK. To me it
> seems that's just taking advantage of available propagation and
> (very slow) modes which can get information across.
>
> I do think that if the operators stop for some nights, the QSO
> should reset to the beginning because that is a new attempt.
>
> I'm trying to find out what the community feels about this. I want
> to be a respectable member of this community, not an invading
> outlaw. ;-) If a QSO taking a few nights is considered evil, I won't
> do it. Now is your chance to educate me.
>
> 73,
> Paul N1BUG
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