True ... probably not so much in North America, but it does happen.
Aside from the fact that we hams seem to nounify and verbify
International Q Signals, in hamdom, "QRP" seems to have two distinct
meanings:
If you're in a contest or event as a QRP entry, it is very specific ...
5 W or less. If you're not in a contest, the meaning is less specific
and sort of seems to mean, "Closer to 5 W than 100 W", or something
resembling that. My K2 will make about 10 W of RF, which is 3 dB above
5 W, at least theoretically. It's also 7 dB closer to 5 W than it is to
100 W.
Since I don't call CQ DE K6DGW/QRP, it doesn't really matter. And as
someone noted here, being on a summit can mean many more dB that raw RF,
and many more dB in rx SNR as well. Besides, it's exhilarating.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
- www.cqp.org
On 1/5/2015 10:38 PM, Rick Hewett wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jan 2015, Fred Jensen wrote:
One side of essentially every Q [guy on summit] is at QRP levels. For
summit-to-summit Q's, both sides are at QRP levels.
A significant proportion of SSB SOTA activators (at least in Europe and
Australia) run at slightly higher powers using rigs like the FT-857, or
small linear amps. 30 to 50 watts is not that unusual. Depending where
you draw the line, even the KX3 (at maximum) might be not quite QRP...
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