Topband: Nice QRP QSO

[ZR]

But thats a basic part of the Canadian national heritage Eddy (-;  Since my 
wife is a Newfie I figure I can get away with it.

Down here some feel it is below their status to stoop for change or dig for 
a weak signal.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eddy Swynar" <deswynar at xplornet.ca>
To: "lmlangenfeld tds.net" <lmlangenfeld at tds.net>
Cc: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 11:43 AM
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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