How about VY2ZMs four square in ARRL160? That was an impressive QRP score.
Location and antennas do make a difference...
My hat's off to the lil' QRPers who brave the waters with less than optimum
QTHes and antennas.
And you can fit more of those signals into a smaller spectrum.
Cheers,
Julius
Julius Fazekas
N2WN
Tennessee Contest Group
http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en
Tennessee QSO Party
http://www.tnqp.org/
Elecraft K2/100 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366
Elecraft K3/100 #1875
--- On Sun, 12/6/09, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] FY5KE QRP
> To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 12:15 PM
> Back in the early 90's V73C was
> running QRP in the ARRL DX CW contest. He
> had a phenomenal signal here all night on 40 meters. Yet in
> every QSO his
> power that he sent was "005". I had a hard time believing
> it.
>
> I later exchanged e-mails with him and he said he had a 40
> meter beam over
> salt water. He was indeed QRP. So you never know. The right
> antenna in the
> right place can do wonderful things.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> 2009/12/6 Andrei Stchislenok <asnp3d@gmail.com>
>
> > The best and most honest way to learn that "secret" -
> to be there at "QRP"
> > location during the Contest and see that "Magic
> stuff".
> >
> > I dont think that someone is invited though :) ...
> >
> > 2009/12/6 Alfredo Vélez WP3C <wp3c@aol.com>
> >
> > > I worked him in 80M and the signal I thought was
> real, it was so low so I
> > > thought it was QRP. Here in PR there is a station
> that Comes out in “QRP”
> > > and gives signals very very strongs and terrible
> scores. Close to 2006 I
> > > was
> > > operating an ARRL 160 in Pedro station
> (NP4A) I was HP and that station
> > > was
> > > giving a signal like the signal that I was giving
> from NP4A station. As
> > you
> > > said Jim We must learn that secret. 73'
> > >
> > > Alfredo Vélez WP3C/NP4DX
> > > Skype: wp3c.pr
> > > e-mail: mailto:wp3c@aol.com
> > > Web: http://www.wp3c.qth.com
> > > WP3C DX Cluster Node: telnet://wp3c.hopto.org
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> > > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Jan Erik Holm
> > > Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 4:11 PM
> > > To: cq-contest
> > > Subject: [CQ-Contest] FY5KE QRP
> > >
> > > Call: FY5KE
> > > Operator(s): FY5FY
> > > Summary:
> > > Band QSOs Zones
> Countries
> > > ------------------------------
> > > 160: 16
> 9 13
> > > 80: 133 12
> 46
> > > 40: 782 19
> 67
> > > 20: 909 26
> 67
> > > 15: 1160 22
> 75
> > > 10: 30
> 12 22
> > > ------------------------------
> > > Total: 3030 100
> 290 Total Score = 3,473,730
> > >
> > > Good conditions on 160 and very very poor on 10.
> > > A very good fun in QRP but with the antenna farm
> at FY5KE!
> > >
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Must be some antenna farm!!! I overheard FY5KE
> calling
> > > FM5CD on 160m and FY5KE was even 1 or 2 dB´s
> louder then
> > > FM5CD. As far as I understand FM5CD was M/S HP,
> oh well....
> > > Somehow I must learn the secret.
> > >
> > > / Jim SM2EKM
> > >
> > >
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