Hello Jack! I think it makes sense to use /QRP! As someone has written here before, there are some (good!) operators out here, who always come back to people sending /QRP first when they hear this extension. This helps a lot! I made some QRP QSOs with ZL on 40m during contest, in EU pile-up...and made it through. Why? The stations on the other side got my /QRP and transmitted "QRX QRX QRX nw /QRP /QRP kn kn". Making QSOs (specially DX) with QRP is a challenge for the QRPers, but the greatest honour is at the station on the other side, picking out the QRPer thousands of miles away. And a /QRP is defining your output exactly: 5W or less in CW. 4 charcters! This is much faster to transport then doing it after the report (my pwr....) But it's an old discussion. Some of the latest DX-peditions made QSOs with me using /QRP after my call in the confirmation, but had decided not lo log this extension. They left it away in their log. The Q's showed up in the "DJ5RE" log. I was pretty unhappy at first, but I found my piece concerning that problem in knowing what I used during the QSO. But I am happy about every QSO that has printed /QRP or /QRPP on it, when I used it. Crossing the atlantic with 100mW is still very exciting for me, and having it confirmed on a card is a great thing.
My 2 cents... 73s (and often 72s) from Bavaria! Tom, DJ5RE ----- Original Message ----- From: "W0UCE" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 5:58 PM Subject: Topband: QRP Question > > > Maybe and experienced QRP OP can answer a question for me and please note > the question is not intended to anger anyone or start a flame. I would > just > like to learn something - "Why?" > > So here is the question: Why do some using QRP continually send /QRP > after > a CQ, their call or a contest exchange? In a contest I don't care if the > station I work is QRP, LP or QRO - a QSO is a QSO. > > The same when calling CQ or during a rag chewing - Why send /QRP? To me it > makes no more sense than someone sending /100w, /LP, /1500w or /QRO after > their call. > > 73, > Jack > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
