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: deswynar@xplornet.ca
> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:43:40 -0500
> To: lmlangenfeld@tds.net
> CC: topband@contesting.com
> 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
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