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1. Re: RG-6/U & Snap n Seal connectors (Mike(W5UC))
2. Re: in defense of the QRP Question (w7dra@juno.com)
3. Re: QRP Question (Don Kirk)
4. Re: QRP Question (Martin Kratoska)
5. Re: Nice QRP QSO (ZR)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:50:07 -0600
From: "Mike(W5UC)" <w5uc@suddenlink.net>
Subject: Re: Topband: RG-6/U & Snap n Seal connectors
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On 12/12/2011 1:11 PM, Tim Duffy K3LR wrote:
> Hi Gary!
>
> This is the tool I use for installation of F connectors on flooded RG-6
> with
> great results over the years.
>
> http://www.dxengineering.com/Parts.asp?ID=1062&PLID=247&SecID=129&DeptID={7C
> 0A8FE1-F72C-4346-916E-8AA93CD2A66B}&PartNo=DXE%2DSNS%2DCT1
>
> 73,
> Tim K3LR
>
Gents, look on e-bay. I bought a tool that looks exactly like that,
along with 100 connectors for $25.00 shipped.
73,
Mike, W5UC
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:59:42 -0800
From: w7dra@juno.com
Subject: Re: Topband: in defense of the QRP Question
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when calling CQ, ending with QRP can be informative, like when i am in a
DX location like Nebraska, and ending with /NE after a CQ
mike w7dra
come to think of it when i was W7DRA/3D2 i never had to say what island i
was on
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:57:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Don Kirk <wd8dsb@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: QRP Question
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Let me play the devils advocate and put a spin on why you might want to sign
/qrp when calling CQ.
1) If I work you and you sign /qrp, then I will send you a QSL card that
says K9JWV/qrp (or whatever your call might be), but if you don't say you
are qrp, then you will get a card that says K9JWV and no mention that I am
confirming you worked me while you were running qrp.
2) You also might want to sign /qrp when calling CQ if you are trying to
attract other qrp operators. If I hear someone sign /qrp when they call CQ,
I often fire up my QRP rig since I suspect they will be able to hear me just
as well as I am hearing them.
Don (wd8dsb)
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:59:14 +0100
From: Martin Kratoska <marcom@centrum.cz>
Subject: Re: Topband: QRP Question
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For sure, among worst violations of good operating practice is the (now
very common and massive) use of /QRP, ie. OK1RR/QRP. There is no other
reason than to attract more attention than others (using regular call
sign). ITU RR recognizes only /P, /M, /MM and /AM, national authorities
sometimes allowing a numbered ID indicating a region, ie. SM5ABC/4. All
other call signs must be issued in accordance with the regular licensing
mechanism (like OL1A/JP, Pope's visit in OK, there was a special call
OL1A/JP, issued with the slash and the JP appendix). Some other IDs are
issued in groups for limited time, like /J for Jamboree stations, /L for
school stations etc.
More
http://www.ok1rr.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.57
A trend to attract more attention than others is really one of the worst
possible examples of bad behaviour and should be not tolerated (BTW
nothing against possible penalization of /QRP users). I find /QRP very
annoying in contests and pile-ups, it impedes a fast, hig rate operating.
QRP is not your_call/QRP!
73
Martin, OK1RR
Dne 12.12.2011 17:58, W0UCE napsal(a):
>
>
> 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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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:59:49 -0500
From: "ZR" <zr@jeremy.mv.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Nice QRP QSO
To: "Eddy Swynar" <deswynar@xplornet.ca>, "lmlangenfeld tds.net"
<lmlangenfeld@tds.net>
Cc: topband@contesting.com
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But thats a basic part of the Canadian national heritage Eddy (-; Since my
wife is a Newfie I figure I can get away with it.
Down here some feel it is below their status to stoop for change or dig for
a weak signal.
Carl
KM1H
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From: "Eddy Swynar" <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
To: "lmlangenfeld tds.net" <lmlangenfeld@tds.net>
Cc: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 11:43 AM
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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