[RTTY] QRP in contests

[Dave Barr]

Well, I am surprised.  It seems that the (at least vocal) majority of 
the RTTY contesting community has little respect for qrp in a contest, 
or perhaps it's just for any weak signal.

Any contest is a challenge... contesting... contest.  Maybe the 
nay-sayers need better antennas or rigs or ears or software or 
fill-in-with-your-brain capabilities.  I am very surprised at the NPOTA 
complainers.  The difference between operating portable at 5 watts and 
at 100 is night-and-day logistically.

Perhaps the best thing for you folks to do is to crank it down to 5 
watts and see what you can work.  I promise you that you will be 
surprised.  And with few requests for repeats.

73, Dave, K2YG