Have you ever listened to the interviews of the Indy car drivers after a race? Do they say: "I wish I had a less powerful engine to make it a more challenging race."?
I'm on the DX end a lot these days, and I always find myself stopping a pileup to ask if there are any 10 watt or less stations calling. The response I get is usually three QRP stations responding (which I eventually work after 10 minutes of additional instruction to much louder stations) buried by 100's of QRO stations with massive antenna arrays. Tough to win! Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ/ PJ4HZ/ VP5HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch - NA-QRO Club Staunton, Illinois email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wes (N7WS) Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 9:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 power out - key down The problem with this is, if everyone else is as misguided, then they are transmitting with ten watts too. So their signals are 10 to 20+ dB weaker than with higher power, hence there are fewer stations to work, ie. less DX. Furthermore, with more power, faster modes of communicating are possible. More stations can make QSOs in a given time, which can actually *lower* the total QRM level. Of course, all of this is from a DXer's perspective. If watching paint dry is your thing then stick with QRP. Wes N7WS On 7/19/2014 8:07 PM, Bill Turner wrote: > ORIGINAL MESSAGE: (may be snipped) > > On 7/19/2014 5:44 PM, Gerald Manthey wrote: >> and I work the world on 10 watts. > > REPLY: > > I encourage the Geralds of the world to continue with their ten watts. > > Makes DXing easier for the rest of us. :-) > > 73, Bill W6WRT ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
