Topband: Nice QRP QSO

[James Rodenkirch]

I go out of my way to work the weak signals simply 'cuz I am a QRP operator and I'm always assuming a weak signal is a QRP station - sometimes, he/she isn't but they still want that QSO just as we do!

P.S.  I don't sign /QRP  - don't figure I need to and if THAT's what it takes to make a Q - fugeddaboutit!  Hi Hi

Jim R. K9JWV

 


> From: deswynar at xplornet.ca
> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:43:40 -0500
> To: lmlangenfeld at tds.net
> CC: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Nice QRP QSO
> 
> 
> On 2011-12-12, at 10:10 AM, lmlangenfeld tds.net wrote:
> > 
> > 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
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