After some thought the problem is simply that a 5 Watt SSB station
even on a very good antenna will, as a rule, make fewer contacts than a
QRP CW station in the same Group. The reason is QRM. A good CW radio
like the K2 or the AT Sprint 3 have narrow bandpass which is perfect for
CW. It helps you work around QRM and get a contact completed.
The SSB band is wall to wall stations and the strength of your
signal matters a lot. A QRP SSB station will catch a very strong station
that has cleared away the others and sneeks in and gets a contact. It is
all Search and Ponce. On CW QRP I have called CQ FD and held a frequency
for 30 minutes on 20 Meters.
In my opinion, QRP SSB does not work well because of QRM. So I want
to be able to plan a FD with QRP CW and 150 Watt SSB in the same Group.
73 Karl
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