Sometimes I use my 400mW Mizuho or HB rigs, sometimes I use the Omni 6 and
the Centurion at 1kW out.
The type of tool depends on the type of task. One's not any more fun than
the other as the saying goes, it's all good!
John K5MO
PS: VU7LD @ 900W is better than *not* VU7LD with my KX
On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Tom Hall wrote:
First of all, let me apologize right off the bat to any traumatized QRO
station that might have been driven to excess drinking or required extra
therapy as a result of a having a QSO with my QRP station. I envision a
whole class of ham that was forced into ea
> Who does the work in QRP?
> It always is the guy with the better antenna's :)
Amen to that.
I'm working on QRP-WAS, and I have to admit that most of my QSOs are
with hams that have some huge hunks of metal flying above their shacks.
Those are a lot easier for everyone involved! But I've also
First of all, let me apologize right off the bat to any traumatized QRO
station that might have been driven to excess drinking or required extra
therapy as a result of a having a QSO with my QRP station. I envision a
whole class of ham that was forced into early RF retirement caused by all
the extr
Well here's my 2 cents...
I work almost 100% QRP. The person who copies my signal might be doing the
"real work", but I'm having the "real fun!"
I always smile to myself when a QRO operator compliments me on having a "great
signal for QRP." That kind of comment generally comes from someone
All these numbers are fun but do not mean much. What you do if you
run QRP is learn about propagation. If you have the prop, you work about
as well as a 100 watt station. If you don't, go do something else.
Yes if you run 1500 watts to a good antenna you will get the DX
first. At 5 watts
I don't pat myself on the back or feel that I have achieved something if I
manage to make a DX contact. I'm just plain thrilled.
Anyone can run the full legal limit to a tower mounted beam if they have
deep enough pockets and think it's important enough to spend that kind of
money. But do they
This has certainly been an interesting discussion. Usually this question comes
up in asymmetrical situations-- where the op at one end is running QRP power
levels and/or using a marginal antenna, and the person on the other end is
running power that may be orders of magnitude higher than QRP an
Ron, wb1hga, wrote:
"I will still prefer my K1."
I can't argue with your preferences. The K1 is a fine rig, I'm sure. I have a
Wilderness Sierra (Wayne Burdick's predecessor to the K1), and I enjoy making
QSO's with it. However, when I hear a KW contest station on 80 meters working
from a c
Dear Fellow Elecraftists,
I have been adjusting/measuring many HF rigs the last 10-15yrs or so,
using a calibrated Marconi generator.
From what I've found on S-meter accuracy, I conclude there is no such
thing as the "6 dB per S-unit". Offical tests in magazines and books
verify this too.
We
The same skills you use when running QRP also work when running
QRO...listening to where the DX station is listening and transmitting WHEN
he is listening is the best way to work him.
You compare brute force QRO to carfefully timed QRP and then say QRP is
better. You can use the same careful tim
In a message dated 12/26/06 6:27:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Transmit power 500 watts S-9 +10 db
> 50 watts S-9 (+ 10 db over 9)
> 12.5watts S-8
> 3.1 watts S-7
>
> You lose 1 S-Unit each time you're reducing power by
Well, lets deal with facts on your hypothetical QRO station:
Transmit power 500 watts S-9 +10 db
50 watts S-9 (+ 10 db over 9)
12.5watts S-8
3.1 watts S-7
You lose 1 S-Unit each time you're reducing power by 1/4.
One S-unit consists of 6db increase
All the rationalizations and anecdotal experiences aside, there is no escape
from the physical reality that a 100 watt station will be 13 dB stronger than
the same station running QRP 5 watts. Whether or not this 13 Db is crucial
depends upon propagation conditions and noise and QRM levels at t
I agree with Ron, 1000%
Unless you sign "/QRP", how is a station to know you are QRP?
There are so many variables . propagation, antennas, location,
height above sea level, etc.. Let's say the station doing the listening
is in California. Your 5 Watts in Georgia may be a whole ton loude
I believe that the work being done in a QRP QSO is done by the RX station, not
the TX station. That is, if there is any work to be done.
Sometimes propogation is such that QRP signals are Q5 and "work" just as well
as QRO. In that case, nobody is doing anything special.
The time the QRP op
The NCDF beacons are the best way to figure the difference, as the call and
the first dash are sent at 100 watts, second at 10, third at 1 and the last
at 100 mW. Yes, there are times when the AGC equalizes two, three, or even
the all dashes and you hear no difference between 100 W and 0.1 W. But v
I'm always amazed when contesting (especially on phone, er, I know,
"what is that?") and part of the report indicates power level, such as Q
for QRP in the ARRL November Sweepstakes. More often than not if I get
a comment from the other station he/she usually says something like
"Wow, great si
Unh?
How does one know your sig is QRP? Unless you send "QRP" with your
call (I never do).
Receiving QRP as weak sig is a MYTH!
I have heard QRO stations in the noise as well as QRP stations.
When propagation is there, does not matter what power you use, QRP
sigs is just as loud as QRO sigs
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