I worked an op the other day who gave me a 579 during the first go
around. I talked about the mountain, my name, the weather. He came back
with rig and antenna information. So I replied with "rig here KX1" and a
bit more about life in general. His next question was how much power was
I running. So I told him I had no clue (the truth) but that I was running
with a newly charged 12 volt gel cell. He congratulated my on a FB sig
with 5 watts. I didn't think the KX1 could put out that kind of power.
But I thanked him and closed the contact since Ms. P was standing there
tapping her foot. It is best not to put her off too long so I did the
right thing ;)
I figure my call sign is long enough, why put all that cruft after it?
Simply confuses the issue and tests my ability to send long call signs.
If they're interested they'll ask. If not I will talk about the weather
and how the fir, hemlock, cedar, and alder trees are growing. My personal
interest is the alder crop since that is what keeps me warm ;)
Kevin. KD5ONS/" no additions here".
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:37:01 -0400, Larry Makoski W2LJ
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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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