Hello Jack!
I think it makes sense to use /QRP! As someone has written here before,
there are some (good!) operators out here, who always come back to people
sending /QRP first when they hear this extension. This helps a lot! I made
some QRP QSOs with ZL on 40m during contest, in EU pile-up...and made it
through. Why? The stations on the other side got my /QRP and transmitted
"QRX QRX QRX nw /QRP /QRP kn kn". Making QSOs (specially DX) with QRP is a
challenge for the QRPers, but the greatest honour is at the station on the
other side, picking out the QRPer thousands of miles away. And a /QRP is
defining your output exactly: 5W or less in CW. 4 charcters! This is much
faster to transport then doing it after the report (my pwr....) But it's an
old discussion. Some of the latest DX-peditions made QSOs with me using /QRP
after my call in the confirmation, but had decided not lo log this
extension. They left it away in their log. The Q's showed up in the "DJ5RE"
log. I was pretty unhappy at first, but I found my piece concerning that
problem in knowing what I used during the QSO. But I am happy about every
QSO that has printed /QRP or /QRPP on it, when I used it. Crossing the
atlantic with 100mW is still very exciting for me, and having it confirmed
on a card is a great thing.
My 2 cents...
73s (and often 72s) from Bavaria!
Tom, DJ5RE
----- Original Message -----
From: "W0UCE" <w0uce@nc.rr.com>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 5:58 PM
Subject: Topband: QRP Question
>
>
> Maybe and experienced QRP OP can answer a question for me and please note
> the question is not intended to anger anyone or start a flame. I would
> just
> like to learn something - "Why?"
>
> So here is the question: Why do some using QRP continually send /QRP
> after
> a CQ, their call or a contest exchange? In a contest I don't care if the
> station I work is QRP, LP or QRO - a QSO is a QSO.
>
> The same when calling CQ or during a rag chewing - Why send /QRP? To me it
> makes no more sense than someone sending /100w, /LP, /1500w or /QRO after
> their call.
>
> 73,
> Jack
>
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