You are trying to make too much sense out of it, Sam! QRP operation makes no more sense than chasing DX or running up a big score in a contest. It's just a challenge that some Hams enjoy pursuing.
All Hams have the same struggle over a better antenna or geographic location, whether they're using an attic dipole or stacked yagi's at 100 feet in the middle of Europe or in the middle of Kansas. Since the beginning of the QRP movement after WWII that spawned the QRP-ARCI in the early 1960's, it was simply to demonstrate that high power was not required to "get out" using a given antenna and geographic location. Contacts one can do with 1500 watts, one can also make with 5 watts, given the patience and skill to choose the right band and the right time to make a contact. Of course that automatically launched the debate that goes on today: whatever you can do with 5 watts you can do louder with 1500 watts, Hi! 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- All these QRP/QRO contacts stories, are pretty meaningless to me, *UNLESS* they have antenna, band, and qth information included. 1w/5w/15w from a 3 ele beam @ 70 feet is a bit of a different story from a short clandestine wire and an apartment building.... or 160m vs 20m or DXCC from middle of Europe _or_ middle of Kansas just saying...... ;-) -- GB & 73 K5OAI Sam Morgan ______________________________________________________________ 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
