In a message dated 12/27/06 9:03:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello all you Who-Does-the-Work QRPers,
When ops who work a QRP station say, I'm doing all the work here.
Do they realize that the QRP operator:
1.probably built his own rig
2.probably built his antenna
3.probably took the time to actually study code
4.probably is very patient
5. etc etc.
A QRO station may have done all of that, too.
For example, here's a 100 W station:
http://hometown.aol.com/n2ey/myhomepage/
I ran the CQWWCW Contest as VP5ED. As VP5ED I had over 1200 Qs in 48
hours running 5W of power with my Elecraft K2. I ran and held pileups
for hours running QRP. So who was, doing all the work?
No one station does *all* the work in a QSO.
Was it the 100w stations? Was it the KW stations?
NO--- it was the QRP Ops trying to break my QRP pileup!
Be careful- be VERY careful when you say the receiving station, is
doing all the work.
This QRP op built his transceiver and antennas; planned the Dxpedition;
paid for the Dxpedition; modified antennas to use for the Dxpedition and
hauled all his QRP gear to the Island on a plane. Went through customs
and had to take my gear apart not once, but twice. Set up all my QRP
gear at the site including some antennas.
With all due respect - think about *why* there was a pileup on you.
There's an old saying about the 20 dB gain of a rare callsign. Doesn't mean
there's no work involved on the rare one's end, but being a new multiplier
makes
a big difference in how the pack responds.
After doing this, some ops still say, the receiving station is doing
all the work. NOT
Agreed.
73 de Jim, N2EY
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