Until this thread I had no idea that signing /QRP was illegal in some countries. I never log stations this way and I typically come back to a station calling me by just sending just their callsign. I have had many stations "correct" me, adding the /QRP. Operating with 5 watts can be a fun challenge. I have done it with good antennas and had amazing results however I have never signed /QRP. I am sure that the majority of contest stations that I worked could not care less what my power level was.
John KK9A Walter Underwood wrote: Wed Jul 26 19:04:37 EDT 2017 I know this OT string is getting long, but I looked this up in the current IARU “Ethics and Operating Procedures for the Radio Amateur”, the Region 2 edition. Some nincompoop generated a PDF that doesn’t allow copying the text, but my Safari browser ignores that bit, so I can quote it here. I’m not sure how much of the formatting will come through, but the rest of this message is copied from section II.9.16 of that document. • Never send your call as ‘ G3ZZZ/QRP’, this is illegal in many countries (e.g. Belgium). The QRP information is not part of your callsign, so it cannot be sent as a part of it. In many countries the only permitted call suffixes are /P, /A, /M, /MM and /AM.. • If you are really a QRP station, chances are that you will be relatively weak with the station you are calling. Adding unnecessary ballast (the slash and the letters QRP) to your callsign will make it even more difficult to decipher your callsign! • You can of course always mention during the QSO you a re a QRP station, e.g.: ‘...PWR 5W 5W ONLY...’. • If you call CQ as a QRP station and you want to announce that during your CQ, you can do it as follows: ‘ CQ CQ G3ZZZ G3ZZZ QRP A R’. Insert a little extra space between the call and ‘ QRP’ and do not send a slash ( DAH DIT DIT DAH DIT) between your call and ‘QRP’. • If you’re looking for QRP stations specifically, call CQ as follows: ‘ CQ QRP CQ QRP G3ZZZ G3ZZZ QRP STNS (stations) ONLY AR’. wunder K6WRU ______________________________________________________________ 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
