I too dislike hearing stations sign /qrp. There is a real basis for my dislike of this practice
It is this, when hearing multiple callers I do my best to try to pull out the weak stations under the stronger ones but I can't always hear the weak stations well enough to get a full call in one go whilst the strong ones are calling If I can pull a full call in one go it keeps everyone happy by saving on repeats. The problem with signing /qrp is that often the /qrp is the bit that is being sent once the stronger stations have finished sending their calls. /qrp is not a partial call so I can't even go back to the caller with a partial, this wastes time. What is MUCH more useful is for the calling station to send his/her call a couple of times in a row without additional,unnecessary embellishments. This increases your chances of me pulling out your full, correct call in one go out of a pileup and us then having a successful QSO. I hear well here as I am in a quiet rural area with reasonable antennas and a super CW radio (k3) By all means tell me you are running 5w if you like once we exchange station details if we are having a longer QSO but If I am at the receiving end of a pileup I really have no interest in hearing /QRP it is not going into my log, it's not a legally required suffix, it does not convey useful information and it keeps others waiting. Sometimes If I am feeling particularly grumpy I may sign EI6IZ/QRO in return if the other station signs /QRP on each over , it's just as valid ! -- 73 Brendan EI6IZ ______________________________________________________________ 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
