Fine on the QRP, but what's it got to do with the RTTY Digest :-)
Maybe some of these threads need to get a new subject when they drift too
far
73, John GW4SKA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Barr" <recordupe@verizon.net>
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY Digest, Vol 110, Issue 28
> Dick, I'm sorry I didn't work you in the WPX to see if my exchange was
> received ok on the first try. I have been running qrp in rtty contests
> for 12 years or so, and normally I get less than 5% repeat requests.
> This WPX was a little tougher, especially on 40 meter, where there were
> quite a few repeat requests from NA stations, but virtually none from
> EU, AF, SA & Caribbean. Perhaps the skip was too long.
>
> If we are are going to award more points for working a qrp station, then
> we also should get extra points for working SO2Rs since I imagine when
> one calls a station with a 5 second CQ and a 1 second pause for 4 or 5
> cycles without responding to you and then all of a sudden does respond,
> he or she may actually be an SO2R working someone on another band,
> causing you a significant wait. And maybe QRPers should get more
> points for their qsos, as they do in Field Day.
>
> Why run QRP? It's fun (which is what this is all about), it's a
> challenge, it saves electricity, and it doesn't bother you so much if
> the station you're calling comes back to someone else first.
>
> 73, Dave, K2YG (qrp but never sign it)
>
> On 2/13/2012 9:58 PM, rtty-request@contesting.com wrote:
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:39:50 -0500 (EST)
>> From:RLVZ@aol.com
>> Subject: [RTTY] More QRP Categories?
>> To:rtty@contesting.com
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>>
>> I personally am all in favor of more QRP... but I'd really really like to
>> see the station that copies the exchanges from QRP stations receive
>> extra
>> points for the QSO. It's often time consuming to receive an exchange
>> from a
>> QRP station and the receiving station deserves extra points.
>>
>> During last weekends WPX-RTTY Test... I had a lot of noise on 40 and 80
>> meters and had trouble copying many 100 watt stations.
>>
>> So if your "twisting arms" for more QRP categories, please also twist
>> their arms to offer the receiving station extra points for each QRP
>> station
>> worked. I would think the automatic log checker could easily add those
>> QRP
>> Bonus Points automatically when Cabrillo files are used.
>>
>> 73,
>> Dick- K9OM
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