You are quite right, Brian. We appreciate the heck out of those who have invested their time and effort in exceptional stations, have great operating skills, and have the patience to stick with us in poor conditions to complete a QSO.
In good conditions, you probably can't tell a good QRP station from a mediocre LP station, or even an HP station suffering from a momentary dip in propagation. That's what makes it so much fun for us :-) Our reward comes from putting together a total system that can make itself heard at significant distances, especially on 160m. That's actually a pretty decent challenge for anyone, as witness the efforts the serious stations go to at any power level. To be able to play with the big boys in the contests, we have to wring every bit of losses out of our systems, and ensure that every one of those 5w is paying its way. Takes a lot of attention to detail, but again, we enjoy the challenge. Good luck and hope to work you in the contests. 73, Bob N6WG The Little Station with Attitude ----- Original Message ----- From: "alsopb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CQ 160 WW With all due respect, you QRP guys need to be praising the rigs of the people who pulled your 5 watt rig out of the noise. 5 watts is 5 watts, independent of rig. 73 de Brian/K3KO Dale Putnam wrote: > > > > The certificate from CQ WW 160 2006, just arrived. Thank you all who > helped make that contest happen and helped with the 1st place Single Op CW > - Wyoming for me. All those folks that heard and worked me. What was fun > for me was just running stations. With nothing more than a wire antenna, > well... and a vertical. But is wasn't the heavy hitter that I used to > have. That is still being repaired, hope to have it back for this fall. > But really, thanks to everyone. > Oh, and what is the Elecraft tie? It was with a K2 at 5 watts. So, all > the folks at Elecraft helped too. Qrp is a blast!! > Thank you all, > > --... ...-- > Dale - WC7S in Wy > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get thousands of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and the web with > Windows®. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588800/direct/01/_______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/CQ-160-WW-tp777502p778601.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
