[CQ-Contest] QRP - Get Over It

[Bob Wruble]

if this crappy thread doesn't stop pretty soon
I'm gonna start signing /Qro ...... jeez its already
been going on for 2 years....at least it seems like it.....

why not take it to the QRP REFLECTOR for
criss sakes and give the rest of us a break....
and if there ain't a Qrp reflector it sure sounds
like their outa be .....

this reflector has pretty much gone to hell of late ......
too many guys with too much time on their hands
picking too much fly shit outa the pepper !!

de w7gg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Allisette" <rallisette at cwgsy.net>
To: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra at sasktel.net>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:26 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QRP - Get Over It


> 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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