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-- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!" > On Jul 26, 2017, at 12:56 PM, Nicklas Johnson <n...@n6ol.us> wrote: > >> On 26 July 2017 at 15:40, Joe Subich, W4TV <li...@subich.com> wrote: >> >> >> Signing "/QRP" is just another manifestation of entitlement. It is a >> way of saying "I'm different and I demand special treatment." >> >> > I think you are reading waaaaaay more into it than what is actually > there. Different, sure, but it's equally plausible to interpret it as a > pre-emptive explanation for having a weaker signal (or an inability to > transmit with any more power) or even just as a throwaway "gee whiz" > factoid about what they're doing. I'm unwilling to assume what someone > else's motives must be when I can immediately imagine multiple different > reasons why someone might do a thing. When I see a call sign coming across > from someone I don't know, I can't ascribe some special meaning to their > indicator without more information; all QRP tells me is that they're > (probably) using low power, not WHY they're using low power or WHY they're > telling me about it. > > For me to assume what their motivation might be would require my making > assumptions about them and their reasoning process, which is information I > absolutely do not have. > > Maybe I'll start signing N6OL/PIE when I'm having pizza. There's just as > much reason to get mad about that. > > Nick > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to mike.flow...@gmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
