I like to think of DXing as the ham counterpart of fishing, and QRP as the counterpart of fly fishing.
Dick, WO1I K3 911 At 05:50 PM 1/25/2011, Julian, G4ILO wrote: >It's a myth that QRP stations are always weak. Sometimes, of course, they >are. But 5W is only two S-points less than the 100W most people use. >Antennas can make more difference than that, and no-one talks about those >when having these silly "life is too short for QRP" arguments. > > >Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: > > > > And I think a lot of the "skill" should be credited to the ops on the > > other end who manage to pull out the QRP stations. That said, operator > > skill is particularly important for any QRP station - I will never > > understand why many still use straight keys, badly formed cw, and > > unnecessary verbiage (like "/QRP", for example). > > > > > > >----- >Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. >* G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com >* KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html >* KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html > >-- >View this message in context: >http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA500-just-500-watts-tp5959017p5960882.html >Sent from the [QRO] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
