[CQ-Contest] CQing is only for big guns - NOT! (Was QRPers),

[Tree]

Even with a small signal - CQing is required to maximize your score.  What 
does change is the frequency that you try to use.  Don't expect to have 
much success on 14040 with 5 watts.  Not even the mighty W5WMU antenna 
system is up to that.  However, go down to 14010 or 14080 and you will
have success.

I remember doing a phone ss QRP from Oregon once - and spent a lot of 
time up a few khz from the very top of the phone bands.

After all - with all of the QRP activity - how will any of them work 
each other if nobody calls CQ?

Best approach is to use two radios and CQ all weekend with one and S&P
with the other.  If you are running 5 watts, you can probably work 
up a duplexer for your multi-band antenna to make it work.

Just wish more QRPers knew what "prec" meant.

73 Tree N6TR
tree at kkn.net