Studies of broad emission line profiles in QSOs - II. Properties of a large, predominantly radio selected sample

Abstract

Emission line parameters for 214 QSOs are reported. The majority were originally selected according to the flatness of their radio spectra from the Parkes 2700, 5000 MHz surveys. The optical spectra of these objects were presented graphically in an earlier paper by Wilkes et al.(1983). Preliminary studies of the properties of this sample, including line velocity width and equivalent width distributions, have been made.Specific emission lines have been investigated in more detail to confirm or refute earlier results.