Hi All,
For the last 10 year I have operated Low Power (QRP
Portable) in many of the ARRL and a few of the CQ VHF
contests. Here is my take on all of this:
I agree that the power level for the CQ QRP catagory
should be reduced to 10W.
--- "Mark S. Adams, P.E." <msadams@acsu.buffalo.edu> I
> wholeheartedlyt support this idea and agree that 10W
> should be the max
I disagree that the hours of the contest be changed
for any catagory! If you only want to operate 6
hours, then operate 6 hours and go home, or better yet
move to another grid and operate another six hours. I
don't think there is any rule that prohibits sending
in two QRP logs from two diffrent grids during the
same contest. I don't mean roaving; I mean completely
starting over when you move to the second (or third!)
grid. If there is; it should be changed!
> As for the 6 hour blocks. I love it! I never have
> been able to mount an
> overnight expedition and take it ALL along. Knowing
> that I had a pair of 6
> hour sessions would make more ops want to play.
I also disagree that the QRP entry be changed to a
Unlimited Class. In many contests I get on for a hour
or two to hand out my call to the masses, there is no
reason why a group of guys can't go to the mountain
for a few hours to operate the contest QRP; work some
new grids, maybe some DX and then send in a check log.
It would not be fair to the single op who has planned
out his operation, set up by himself and operates
solo. If a QRP group wanted to track their score from
year to year they could enter as a Multi operator high
power class to get the score listed.
> Lastly, I suggest that there not be a limit on
> number of operator for qrp.
> I could easily entice other hams who are not into
> vhf to come and help me
> out, make setup/teardown go easier along with
> handling the 10-20 people who
> show up asking questions during band openings! They
> won't show up to just
> watch, they would want to operate.
I have mixed feelings on some of the CQ contest rules,
on one hand I like the idea of being able to operate
QRP from a existing home station, but I think the ARRL
rules are more in the spirit of a QRP operation; as
only the operator is allowed to set up the portable
station, and it must be powered from non-commercial
power source.
What do the other QRPers think?
73
Steve, N3FTI
50MHz - 10GHz
FN20aj
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