>Agree. They also don't report how the guy they worked had to struggle >to pull them out or what his equipment was.
Brain, I beleive you're speaking from the wrong orifice: A DX station working a pile-up isn't trying to "pull out the QRPer" - he's just trying to work those he hears. The fact that he hears (and then works) the QRPer is a simply function of his having heard the QRPer rather than the others calling him. This is because the QRPer called where the DX is listening at a time when the others didn't. By virtue of calling off-freq (outside the passband), the QRO ops make themselves "virtual QRPpers" who are too weak to be heard. Technique and skill of the QRPer are at work here - a fact that is worth dB on the rx end every bit as real as that gained from an antenna or an amp. John AE5X Radio: http://www.ae5x.com/blog ______________________________________________________________ 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
