I think there should be a category for those of us who only have wire antennas.
I know some contests have an overlay for tri-beams and wires, but a wire
doesn't compete with a tri-beam. Maybe wires and verticals can be grouped, but
no kind of beam.
And I agree, it's the guys with the contest-level receivers that are giving the
QRPers their points. Or the QRPer has a beam... 5 watts into a good beam beats
100 watts into a dipole.
I'm not saying that some QRPers don't work for their points, but I don't think
they should use the tag as a badge of entitlement.
Stan, K4SBZ
"Real radio bounces off the sky."
> On Sep 27, 2016, at 12:26 PM, Al Hanzl <alhanzl@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Well, my logic may be screwed up, but everything is relative.
> I run 100 watts with compromised antennas due to fact I live on a typical
> small suburban lot with one large tree smack in middle of a small backyard.
> I am sometimes asked for repeats.
>
> There may be QRPers with more ERP than I put out.
>
> And I do get annoyed when stations with booming signals can't hear me at all.
>
> As much as I sometimes get discouraged that the same super stations keeping
> winning, it's not their problem that I can't compete.
> I sometimes run QRP just so I have a chance to win a low participation sub
> category.
> Anyway, some rambling thoughts from an amateur contester.
> Al
> K2AL
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 27, 2016, at 11:28 AM, Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com> wrote:
>>
>> ------------ ORIGINAL MESSAGE ------------(may be snipped)
>>
>>> On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 08:38:30 -0400, Dave wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> 3. Because of the higher possibility of repeat requests, does anyone
>>> think that qrp is out of place in some or all RTTY contests.
>>
>> REPLY:
>>
>> Maybe I'm just an old grump, but I think QRP is annoying anywhere in
>> ham radio, not just contests. The QRPers are proud of their lousy
>> signals whereas the REAL work is done by the stations trying to copy
>> them.
>>
>> Flame deflector on, fire away. :-)
>>
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
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