Amen to all that Dave and Don have said against SSB QRP on Field Day. Several years ago the Mid-MO Amateur Radio Club decided to go all QRP, all batteries, and all wire antennas.
In the QRP category, we took first in our Section; first in our Division; and 3rd in the nation. CW carried the day. SSB was a bust. The phone boys said "never again at QRP levels." We also said, "never again in tents (one of our EmComm guys talked us into it); never again at the airport (Missouri National Guard helicopters played war games all weekend); and never, never, never again without air-conditioning." 73, Kent Trimble, K9ZTV Jefferson City, MO On 4/18/2012 1:43 PM, David Gilbert wrote: > I've done LOTS of Field Day using QRP over the years, and in my opinion > CW is the only way to go. The QRM on SSB is horrendous and the average > Field Day operator is not going to be very good at picking you out of > the mud. With CW they can use narrow filters and greatly improve their > copy. But another key factor is that you get twice the points for a CW > contact as you do for a SSB contact. Check out past scores and you'll > typically find that the folks using SSB exclusively are toward the > bottom of the stack. > > More QSOs and more points per QSO makes CW a no-brainer if you have the > choice (i.e., CW ops). > > 73, > Dave AB7E > > > > On 4/18/2012 11:00 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> Ron, >> >> I have done Field Day QRP SSB, and I can tell you that it is quite a >> challenge. QRP CW can do quite nicely with both the QRP and CW >> multipliers, but your signal must be above the noise level at the >> receiving end to be heard. With typical Field Day antennas and often >> high noise levels created by generator noise, SSB at 5 watts is >> difficult indeed. >> >> If you want to try it, I would strongly recommend a beam antenna to give >> you a signal boost. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> On 4/18/2012 1:45 PM, ron wrote: >>> On 04/18/2012 01:42 PM, ron wrote: >>>> many thanks to all who responded .... >>>> >>>> I am trying to sway my local club to do QRP this year and wasn't sure >>>> abt SSB. >>> oops! I should have included the words: Field Day. >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2411/4944 - Release Date: 04/18/12 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
