Topband: Nice QRP QSO

[Eddy Swynar]

On 2011-12-12, at 10:10 AM, lmlangenfeld tds.net wrote:
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> Sure, but the fact is, nobody forces anybody to dig out a QRP caller.  A
> lot of QRP calls undoubtedly get ignored as too weak to bother with.  

Hi All,

That sort of logic on the part of some Hams, though no doubt true, just completely escapes me...

I liken it to deliberately stepping over a shiny new quarter that one sees lying on a sidewalk: money IS money, and the frugal person inside of me would never, ever allow me to do such a thing as to step over it...ditto a weak caller in a contest: a QRP participant is still worth points in a contest, so why on earth would one ignore him simply because he might be weak...?

If anything, I personally go out of my way to work weak callers: it can be as much a challenge for me, as it is for him! That's why whenever someone signs their call with "/QRP" I'll strain to put him first in my log...

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ