I've never seen the need to sign /QRP or give it away in any fashion. If the other guy hears you adequately, he will respond; otherwise, what difference does it make?
It is the flip side of the Old Timer's oft repeated advice: "When you hear 'em, call 'em!" 73 de W6OGC Jim Allen On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Rick Bates, WA6NHC < [email protected]> wrote: > Signing /qrp is not a great idea. Just make your call and see where it > takes you. > > There are plenty of receivers in the Reverse Beacon Net that will cluster > spot for you when you simply call CQ (in nearly any digital mode, including > CW). > > Having said that, some DX clusters mismanage the /qrp if your CQ gets > beacon posted. That can raise the frustration level of folks watching the > cluster because it may give a false country allocation. Um, some folks > handle that frustration better than others... ;) > > Only a few DX stations actively working contacts will take the time for > QRP. > > Life is too short for QRP. ;o) but opinions may vary. > > Rick, WA6NHC > > iPad = small keypad = typos = sorry ;-) > > > On Jan 4, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Ken G Kopp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Fred's certainly correct with his advice about not signing "/QRP". Many > > see it as some form of "I'm special, take pitty on me" or "whining". > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
