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).
73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 1/25/2011 1:55 PM, JAMES ROGERS wrote: > The QRPer's mantra, "Skill not power" > > 73s Jim, W4ATK > On Jan 25, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > >> [email protected] wrote: >> >>> The question of "how much power is enough?" is always good for a lot >>> of chatter. >> Indeed. >> >> This thread is always entertaining to those (including myself) who >> have completed DXCC with less than 5 watts and a random wire. Not that >> I'm biased. It was a struggle, and there's definitely a time and place >> for more power. >> >> But occasionally I like to drop down to nearly nothing to remind >> myself that, when the bands are really open, you *can* do it with a >> lot less. >> >> Eric doesn't talk about his own QRP accomplishments much, but he >> worked over 100 countries on a NorCal 40 (one of my first designs) >> running just a few watts. In fact that's how we first met; I think he >> called me to (a) thank me for the design and (b) boast just a little >> to someone who would appreciate it :) >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > JIM ROGERS, W4ATK > [email protected] > http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk > K3/100 P3 > K2/10 > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
