I run my Expert 1k-FA at 600W driving it with K3 set at 15W. When I hear /QRP station I switch from 600W to 15W. My statistics is that less then 50% of the /QRP callers hear me then. When in the contest /QRP station calls I often come back to him with my call/QRO to show him that this power information is redundant
73, Igor UA9CDC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Olinger K2AV" <[email protected]> To: "Rick Dettinger" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 4:55 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 - just 500 watts? >I can't begin to tell you all the times on 40m from NY4A in a DX contest > that the /QRP was all that I was getting, just because I could recognize > the > pattern. And, in Murphy-esque form the QRP station would waste all the > QSB > peaks on /QRP. I don't know why they bother. All the work is on my end. > *I* should get extra points for copying QRP stations, as in the Stew > Perry. > > > If you want people to copy you on the other end when the path is minimal, > do > NOT send /QRP on your call. We ALREADY know you either aren't running any > power, or are antenna-challenged, or the path is almost not there, or any > or > all of the above. > > /QRP *IS* a waste of time in a contest. Save it for casual QSO's when > you > know the other end can copy you. > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Rick Dettinger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I agree with the first two. I appreciate a clean output from my >> transmitter and I would much rather use a bug. More fun! >> But /QRP is not redundant, if that is what I want to communicate, then >> I use it. I don't see it as a bad operating practice. I find that it >> encourages other QRP ops to give me a try. Those are often the most >> enjoyable contacts. 2 way QRP. >> >> >> 73, >> Rick >> K7milliwatt >> >> >> > I will never >> > understand why many still use straight keys, badly formed cw, and >> > unnecessary verbiage (like "/QRP", for example). >> > >> > >> > 73, Pete N4ZR >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
