I go out of my way to work the weak signals simply 'cuz I am a QRP operator and I'm always assuming a weak signal is a QRP station - sometimes, he/she isn't but they still want that QSO just as we do!
P.S. I don't sign /QRP - don't figure I need to and if THAT's what it takes to make a Q - fugeddaboutit! Hi Hi Jim R. K9JWV > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:43:40 -0500 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: Nice QRP QSO > > > On 2011-12-12, at 10:10 AM, lmlangenfeld tds.net wrote: > > > > Sure, but the fact is, nobody forces anybody to dig out a QRP caller. A > > lot of QRP calls undoubtedly get ignored as too weak to bother with. > > Hi All, > > That sort of logic on the part of some Hams, though no doubt true, just > completely escapes me... > > I liken it to deliberately stepping over a shiny new quarter that one sees > lying on a sidewalk: money IS money, and the frugal person inside of me would > never, ever allow me to do such a thing as to step over it...ditto a weak > caller in a contest: a QRP participant is still worth points in a contest, so > why on earth would one ignore him simply because he might be weak...? > > If anything, I personally go out of my way to work weak callers: it can be as > much a challenge for me, as it is for him! That's why whenever someone signs > their call with "/QRP" I'll strain to put him first in my log... > > ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
