Re: Topband: Nice QRP QSO
On Dec 11, 2011, at 2:03 PM, ZR wrote: QRP can be fun and I guess I'll never understand the type of operator who needs a 3CX15000 and a world class antenna farm to boost his ego. Carl, QRP may be fun for the QRP station but it's often a PITA for the station on the other end. I'm not saying that most of us need a KW on CW, I sold my SB220 in 1974. But I hate trying to dig some station out of the mud to get 50% copy just so that he can get his jollies with miles per milliwatt. Yes, I've operated a little QRP and decided it wasn't fair to the stations on the other end. Obviously, YMMV. 73, Ken WA8JXM Ken: Sure, but the fact is, nobody forces anybody to dig out a QRP caller. A lot of QRP calls undoubtedly get ignored as too weak to bother with. One has to assume that, if the station on the other end responds and works hard to complete the QSO, he enjoys the challenge of weak signal work. In that situation, the satisfaction of closing the deal is (or should be) mutual. Mark -- WA9ETW ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Nice QRP QSO
On 2011-12-12, at 10:10 AM, lmlangenfeld tds.net wrote: Sure, but the fact is, nobody forces anybody to dig out a QRP caller. A lot of QRP calls undoubtedly get ignored as too weak to bother with. Hi All, That sort of logic on the part of some Hams, though no doubt true, just completely escapes me... I liken it to deliberately stepping over a shiny new quarter that one sees lying on a sidewalk: money IS money, and the frugal person inside of me would never, ever allow me to do such a thing as to step over it...ditto a weak caller in a contest: a QRP participant is still worth points in a contest, so why on earth would one ignore him simply because he might be weak...? If anything, I personally go out of my way to work weak callers: it can be as much a challenge for me, as it is for him! That's why whenever someone signs their call with /QRP I'll strain to put him first in my log... ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Re: Topband: Nice QRP QSO
I go out of my way to work the weak signals simply 'cuz I am a QRP operator and I'm always assuming a weak signal is a QRP station - sometimes, he/she isn't but they still want that QSO just as we do! P.S. I don't sign /QRP - don't figure I need to and if THAT's what it takes to make a Q - fugeddaboutit! Hi Hi Jim R. K9JWV From: deswy...@xplornet.ca Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:43:40 -0500 To: lmlangenf...@tds.net CC: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: Nice QRP QSO On 2011-12-12, at 10:10 AM, lmlangenfeld tds.net wrote: Sure, but the fact is, nobody forces anybody to dig out a QRP caller. A lot of QRP calls undoubtedly get ignored as too weak to bother with. Hi All, That sort of logic on the part of some Hams, though no doubt true, just completely escapes me... I liken it to deliberately stepping over a shiny new quarter that one sees lying on a sidewalk: money IS money, and the frugal person inside of me would never, ever allow me to do such a thing as to step over it...ditto a weak caller in a contest: a QRP participant is still worth points in a contest, so why on earth would one ignore him simply because he might be weak...? If anything, I personally go out of my way to work weak callers: it can be as much a challenge for me, as it is for him! That's why whenever someone signs their call with /QRP I'll strain to put him first in my log... ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
