[CQ-Contest] /QRP

[Tom Haavisto]

I sat in the the QRP forum at Dayton this year during a time-slot when
there was no contesting related forums going on that I was interested
in.  I very much enjoyed a comment that was made during the
presentation: "Work Contesters.  They have great ears, and they want
to work you" was the advise being given to the QRP crowd.  I took that
as a GREAT compliment for all of us.

Personally, I don't care if the other station is running QRP, LP or
QRP - just as long as they are loud enough for me to copy their
exchange.  Adding /QRP makes me have to work extra hard to try and
copy that extra bit, only to discard it when it goes in the log.

Tom - VE3CX




On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Gary <k7zd at qwest.net> wrote:
> Ron, I echo your comment! Last year I killed myself running 5W in a
> 'test.. but the real gents were the ones who patiently took care to copy
> my call..
<snip>
> Some of these big-score QRP guyz
> are AMAZING.. they have good locations and good antennas but run equally
> with the guys with good skills running similar setups and 100W. It has
> to be the op skill, because the EIRP disadvantage is overwhelming. Hat's
> off to em'.. CU Gary K7ZD
>
> On 8/17/2010 5:43 PM, KU7Y wrote:
>>> I've always thought the guy COPYING the QRP station should get extra
>>> points...
>>
>> I have always said that the only reason I ever got a fair score was because
>> of all the nice folks who took the time to dig me out of the mud!
>>
>> Many thanks to you all..... and I hope to give many of you more chances to
>> do it again this winter from AZ....   :-)
>>
>> OK, back in my hole,
>>
>> Ron, KU7Y