Owen Duffy wrote in
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Now, there will be a body of opinion that it doesn't matter what you
do, you will still get QSOs, that it therefore 'works'. It sounds from
your question that you are more interested in that shallow level of
engagements, so read around.

That didn't come out right... it should have read:

Now, there will be a body of opinion that it doesn't matter what you
do, you will still get QSOs, that it therefore 'works'. It sounds from
your question that you are more interested than that shallow level of
engagements, so read around.

Owen