[CQ-Contest] RE: Signing /QRP in Contests...

[Boris Knezovic T93Y]

Eric Hilding wrote:

> Amen & Amen & Amen.
> 
> My "Final-Final" comments I feel need to include the following, in 
> response to those in favor of "/QRP" callsign add-ons for *whatever* 
> reasons, which then should require the appropriate corresponding add-ons 
> by NON-QRP stations ... for "equality" ... and so everyone will be 
> better able to "identify" extra operator/station handicaps or lack 
> thereof in the midst of a contest (like, people have nothing better do 
> do, right?): (*)
> 
> 1. callsign/GCQ  (I'm operating from a Geographically Challenged QTH 
> with low antennas, so please work harder to pick me out of the pileup, 
> okay?)
> 
> 2. callsign/NSO2R (I'm not SO2R, so please turn down the volume on your 
> other radio and be extra special kind to me, okay?)
> 
> 3. callsign/NXYL (I'm not fortunate enough like the married operators to 
> have an XYL to bring me food during the contest, am thinking about 
> petitioning for a new NO XYL awards category by the contest sponsor, so 
> please bend over backwards to work me, okay?
> 
> 4. callsign/NSYOBT (I'm not fortunate enough to have stacked yagis on 
> big towers, so please go out of your way to separate me from the big 
> boys in the pileup, okay?)
> 
> 5. callsign/INSPT (I'm not in a Geographically Challenged QTH, not SO2R, 
> don't have stacked yagis on a big tower, no XYL to serve me food during 
> the contest, but I need "Special Preferential Treatment" for some 
> personal reason *during* the contest exchange or on a QSL card.  Please 
> forget about your high QSO per hour rate goals, overall contest goals 
> and stop to spend extra time working me, especially in bad QRM if I have 
> a real weak signal for whatever reason, okay?)
> 
> ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!
> 
> I think Detective Jack Friday would probably say:  "Just gimme the 
> callsign, only the callsign, and ditch the UN-necessary"
> 
> 73...
> 
> Rick, K6VVA
> 
> (*) P.S. I hope no one thinks I am really serious here ;-(


Rick,

You are talking about stations signing /QRP as there are thousands of 
them in every contest. I LOG every /QRP designator (because of the QSL's 
I send) and in my FM/T93Y from the last year's CQ WW CW there there are 
six (6)  /QRP QSO's out of 4551.

Signing /QRP is sure waste of time, but much more of operating time is 
lost when QRO stations are unnecessary repeating their 
call/report/whatever...

73's Boris T93Y

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