Or a burglar hiding in the attic - OM. ;-)
Hony - did you just hear a dit dit?
Thanks to its small size and high level of integration, it's the radio
you'd wish you had while hanging precariously from a cliff, sitting high in a
tree, hiding from burglars in an attic, or any of numerous ot
On Thu 26 Sep Rick Johnson wrote:
> QRP puts the onus on the receiving station.
> No problem transmitting 5W.
If you want to make contacts with a QRP station you need to pay a lot
more attention to your antenna. You will likely make things a bit easier
for the other end of the QSO if you push th
On 9/26/2013 12:37 AM, Rick M0LEP wrote:
Yeah, QRP often has the best chance when the bands are "dead".
QRP can also be rewarding when the bands are full in a major contest.
DX contests scoring rules put west coast stations at a 10:1 disadvantage
to those around the Atlantic basin, so most o
QRP puts the onus on the receiving station.
No problem transmitting 5W.
73,
Rick W3BI
> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:58:04 +
> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
> From: m0...@chocky.demon.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The Joy of QRP
>
> On Thu 26 Sep Stephen Roberts wrote:
&g
I have to add that my greatest pride as a ham is having DXCC and WAS with QRP
power. I am up to 175 countries (mostly with Elecraft gear) but i still enjoy
QRP despite having the ability now to transmit at the legal limit. One thing
that QRP operation teaches you is knowing when and what condit
On Thu 26 Sep Stephen Roberts wrote:
> at least you had a nice day in the great outdoors.
which is at least half the point of activities like SOTA. It'd be
nice if the summits nearest to me were more interesting, but I'd have to
move house to make that the case.
> My latest "adventure" was
Sorry no joy there Rick, but at least you had a nice day in the great outdoors.
My latest "adventure" was a QSO with a station in Japan on 20m yesterday (I'm
in VT with a KX3). I have to count countries, but after about a year and a half
of operating, I'm up to 150 or so. Still trying to reach t
On Thu 26 Sep Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Y'know, most of the DX I work is on "dead bands", usually 20 meters
Yeah, QRP often has the best chance when the bands are "dead". Once the
big guns get the idea that a band is open QRP can get quite difficult. I
was out on a SOTA summit yesterday with my
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