[CQ-Contest] QRP and all that.

[David Robbins]

Why would it matter if a card comes back to you with the /qrp?  Does
that make the card any more correct?  How would the station you work
have any way to verify that you were qrp to make that qsl mean anything
beside that you made a contact.


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-admin at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> admin at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom Horton
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 20:26
> To: CQ-CONTEST at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] QRP and all that.
> 
> Folks,
>   I have been operatingn QRP for several years.
> It's frustrating, demanding but fun too.
> I do sometimes sign /QRP but most of the time I don't.
> The main reason I do is for QSLing purposes.
> If I work someone and don't mention that I am QRP, then when
> that someone gets my QSL then he is apt to forget to
> put my call on the QSL as /QRP.
>   Sometimes those that do sign /!QRP do get an edge in a pileup
> and sometimes without signing it you break the pileup
> anyway. It's amazing what you can do.
> Quite a few years ago when I lived in West Texas, a buddy of
> mine had an Argonaut 509 with the extras sans amp. I kept telling him
> that the rig was only half of a radio. One day he talked me into
borrowing
> it and using it in a contest. I did and believe me, I was astounded.
> It was amazing!
> Life may be too short for QRP for some people, but, I'm just
> not in that big of a hurry nor am I big bully that has to be the very
> first
> in line.
> I've run Amps before, even had WF5E's BIG BERTHA 4-1000 for quite
> a while, so i know the feeling in busting the pileups! I've been DXing
for
> 40 + years
> and am still 2 away from the HR.  I'll get there someday. It ook me 30
+
> years
> to get USACA-ALL COUNTIES but I got it. Oh yeah, I'm working the
counties
> again...this time QRP, of course...30 or so to go.
> Another thing to consider is taht if you live in an area That is prone
to
> receiving
> interference, you can run QRP all weekend and not have to answer the
door
> or phone.
> 73, Tom K5IID/QRP sometimes...
> 
> 
> 
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