It's a myth that QRP stations are always weak. Sometimes, of course, they are. But 5W is only two S-points less than the 100W most people use. Antennas can make more difference than that, and no-one talks about those when having these silly "life is too short for QRP" arguments.
Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: > > And I think a lot of the "skill" should be credited to the ops on the > other end who manage to pull out the QRP stations. That said, operator > skill is particularly important for any QRP station - I will never > understand why many still use straight keys, badly formed cw, and > unnecessary verbiage (like "/QRP", for example). > > ----- Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com * KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html * KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA500-just-500-watts-tp5959017p5960882.html Sent from the [QRO] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
