mc wrote:
here is the link I found;
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/qrpwhtwy.html
Wow! I gave the ARRL article a quick read through. While there was
some valuable information in the article, there sure also was a lot of
the "old wive's tale" in it !!!!
As far as removing calling CQ from your vocabulary? Ptosh! I call CQ
just about every night! And so far this year, I've had at least one QSO
a day, since January 1. My feeling is that unless there's a total radio
blackout, the band is going to be open to somewhere. And the odds are
that your signal will be decent to someone, somewhere. Why not call
CQ? Seems stupid not to, to me.
And signing "/QRP" ?????? mc, you said it best yourself this morning
.......
"Never tell them up front you are QRP. It's an ancient Black Magic
incantation that makes people deaf."
I never try to advertise that I'm QRP unless it's a QRP Sprint.
Finally, "The poorest choice for the QRPer is the vertical antenna." Hmmmmmmm
..... using my
Butternut vertical is what got me the QSO I used to join the "MPW Club"; and it
works FB
for me in the Foxhunts. Okay, a Yagi and a 100 foot tower would make life easier; but I
think the poorest choice of antenna for a QRPer is something more akin to a wet string.
73 de Larry W2LJ
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