[Elecraft] I think its time for me to apologize to the group.

2009-03-05 Thread dw
I think its time for me to apologize to the group. I posed the question concerning personal experiences in the use of QRP vs QRO. I did so sincerely anticipating the high level of experience and expertise within the group would be informative. It is an area of experience unknown to me. I want

Re: [Elecraft] I think its time for me to apologize to the group.

2009-03-05 Thread Lynn Lamb, W4NL
Duane, I too responded and thought it was a good subject since Elecraft has been one of the leaders in recent times for lower power technology and equipment. QRP or lower levels of power are not for everyone which is fine and as someone said this is a broad hobby and many ways of enjoying it

Re: [Elecraft] I think its time for me to apologize to the group.

2009-03-05 Thread Stephen W. Kercel
DW: If you're new to QRP, there is nothing offensive in asking more experienced hams if it really works. As you can see from the many posts that your question attracted, the answer to your question is that QRP is effective a lot more often than most people would expect. If your question is

Re: [Elecraft] I think its time for me to apologize to the group.

2009-03-05 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Don wrote: Point of information - the QRP crowd got me back into the area of ham radio that I enjoy the most, and that is experimenting and homebrewing. -- That's been what kept me active among the QRP crowd too. And I felt disappointed one time when a very nice fellow with

Re: [Elecraft] I think its time for me to apologize to the group.

2009-03-05 Thread Wes Stewart
--- On Thu, 3/5/09, Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz wrote: From: Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I think its time for me to apologize to the group. To: 'Elecraft_List' elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 5:55 PM Don wrote: Point of information

Re: [Elecraft] I think its time for me to apologize to the group.

2009-03-05 Thread Sandy
Many eons ago, I got intensely interested in QRP. This was the era of the bantam 1 watter made from a BC-746 tuning unit. The ones that were used in the early horsy talkies or pogo stick transceivers. Forget the SCR number! My first fun QRP 'fone rig was a slightly modified BC-611 Handy