[CQ-Contest] QRP - Get Over It

[Richard Allisette]

Dear Contesters,

Whether signing /QRP is legal or not matters not jot or tittle. What matters 
is that it is unnecessary and irrelevant.
I hold a semi-rare callsign. I am on the receiving end of small CW pile-ups 
daily. If I had a dollar for every QRP station I have wasted time trying to 
fathom out what he was signing after /  I would have bought my own Pacific 
island by now and be signing something far rarer.
The only time signing /QRP is possibly justifiable is when calling CQ on a 
recognised QRP calling frequency. That way other stations may realise that 
you are weak because of your power, not because of lousy conditions.
Even then that's a personal choice and not something I would choose to do.
FWIW I regularly DX using 5 watts from an FT817, I also run QRO from an 
FT1000MP/Acom combo.
Which I choose depends on my mood and conditions. My operating procedure 
does not change.
The best QRP contester I know is Steve G4EDG. No-one knows he is running QRP 
until the results are announced and his call appears in the QRP section - 
usually near the top.

73

Dick GU4CHY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra at sasktel.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QRP - Get Over It


>I agree with your practices.  When I work a pile-up the only thing I
> want to hear is full callsigns.  Anything else is just QRM.  I get fed
> up with /qrp.  A weak station with a long callsign and then they have
> to add to it.  If /qrp can't figure out their real callsign then I
> turn around and make up a callsign for them (i.e. F6QRP) and give that
> station a report.  Almost every time they come back to me with say
> F6XYZ/qrp.  So I send F6QRP tu and move on to the next station.
> But I do log them as F6XYZ.  /qrp is a mindset that needs to be broken
> and it will not happen quickly.
>
> Doug/VA5DX
>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] QRP - Get Over It
>
> 2. In plileups, QRPers are often those calling out of turn and
> nonstop. I
> thought the thrill of QRP was using operating skill to overcome signal
> strength.
> Why do you demand special treatment because you are running low
> power?
> 3. Signing /QRP is not legal! It is not an approved portable
> designator. I
> will not put /QRP in my log or on a QSL card.
>
> I've spent years doing mobile and weak-signal VHF work. It is a hoot
> when
> you can get through with meager power and/or inadequate antennas. I
> never expect(or demand)special treatment in those circumstances, I
> just revel in  it
> when it happens.
>
> Tom Taormina, K5RC
> Contesting from the Comstock
> W7RN -  K7RC
>
>
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