In a message dated 12/27/06 9:03:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hello all you Who-Does-the-Work QRPers, > > When ops who work a QRP station say, " I'm doing all the work here." > > Do they realize that the QRP operator: > 1.probably built his own rig > 2.probably built his antenna > 3.probably took the time to actually study code > 4.probably is very patient > 5. etc etc. A QRO station may have done all of that, too. For example, here's a 100 W station: http://hometown.aol.com/n2ey/myhomepage/ > > I ran the CQWWCW Contest as VP5ED. As VP5ED I had over 1200 Qs in 48 > hours running 5W of power with my Elecraft K2. I ran and held pileups > for hours running QRP. So who was, "doing all the work"? No one station does *all* the work in a QSO. > > Was it the 100w stations? Was it the KW stations? > > NO--- it was the QRP Ops trying to break my QRP pileup! > > Be careful- be VERY careful when you say the receiving station, " is > doing all the work." > > This QRP op built his transceiver and antennas; planned the Dxpedition; > paid for the Dxpedition; modified antennas to use for the Dxpedition and > hauled all his QRP gear to the Island on a plane. Went through customs > and had to take my gear apart not once, but twice. Set up all my QRP > gear at the site including some antennas. > With all due respect - think about *why* there was a pileup on you. There's an old saying about the "20 dB gain of a rare callsign". Doesn't mean there's no work involved on the rare one's end, but being a new multiplier makes a big difference in how the pack responds. > After doing this, some ops still say, "the receiving station is doing > all the work."---- NOT > Agreed. 73 de Jim, N2EY _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
