Hi Phil,
what do You mean for QRP ?
A QRP setup or a QRP signal ?
A low power TX but a gain antenna, or a LOW e.r.p. and odd pieces of wire to
radiate some energy ?
73,
Mauri I4JMY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil (VA3UX)" <phil@vaxxine.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 5:31 AM
Subject: [AMPS] QRP
>
> 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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