An interesting point of view Tom and somewhat justifiable. However you may
have missed the "spirit" of QRP. The thrill for *most* QRP'ers is not
necessarily the fact that *they* worked the other guy, but the fact that
anybody at all heard their tiny signal. Most QRP'ers appear to get more of
a kick out of working another QRP'er than they do working someone with a
farm full of towers and antenna's. Being heard by a well equipped contest
station - well hell, that's a given; no big deal there.
As for this poor "Other Guy" that has to have this and that : the only
thing the other guy has to have is air, water and food; the rest is all
extra. No one demands that there be someone on the other end with a great
system and good skills. I suspect that someone that does have all these
extra goodies, and that also begrudges handing out a contact to weak signal
guy, would be the kind of person that would help an old lady across the
street and then ask to be paid after the deed. Although I can't see why
someone with a good antenna system and good operating skills would complain
about working a weak signal because - that's what all that stuff is
for. It isn't for working the easy stuff - is it ? It would be
confirmation that he really does have a good set-up and good skills. At
least that's how I'd look at it.
Take care
Phil
At 09:39 PM 8/16/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> > I'm not a DX'er so it's revealing to hear about the high power
> > philosophy.
> > About 6 months ago a friend of mine starting working DX with 100 watts and
> > a dipole. Today he has the 1000MP mark V, the big amp, the tower, the
> > beam and is spending many bucks "buying" QSL's.
>
>When we work DX with QRP the OTHER GUY should get the
>award and pat on the back, not the QRP guy.
>
>He is the poor $#% who has to have a good system and skills, not
>the weak signal guy. He is doing all the work, you are doing no
>more work than the guy running QRO. The measure of a good
>station and good skills is how many QRP people with small
>antennas you can hear, not how many people you can work by
>making their live's miserable and slowing down their contact rate
>with a pathetic signal.
>
>Being proud of QRP is like being proud of being on welfare, and
>thinking the fact you can get other people to work to feed you
>somehow makes you a great skilled survivor.
>
>
>
>
>73, Tom W8JI
>W8JI@contesting.com
>
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