Topband: ARRL 160CW Contest QRP Portable Op

[Robert Harmon]

Herb,

I feel the same way.
I have nothing against QRP, but for me personally I don't have the 
desire to
handicap myself with QRP power especially on 160.  It doesn't seem fair 
to me for the guy
on the other end to be burdened with trying to dig my weak signal out so 
I can make another
contact.  ( Just my opinion, guys. )

73,
Bob
K6UJ

On 12/24/15 3:44 PM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
> Peter, If you think calling CQ in a contest while  running 5 watts and 
> not getting a single reply is fun then have at it. Working some 
> stations with 100 watts is more fun for me.
>
>
> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
>
> On 12/24/2015 5:36 PM, Peter Voelpel wrote:
>> Qrp on 160 is fun:
>>
>> CQ WW CW this year:
>>
>> SOSB/160 QRP
>> Call    QSOs    Zones    Countries    Op Time    Score    Club
>> GM4AFF    409    11    52    16    27,657
>> K9JWV    16    7    5        496
>>
>> SOSB(A)/160 QRP
>> Call    QSOs    Zones    Countries    Op Time    Score    Club
>> OL1A(OK1CW)    476    10    60    18    37,380
>> DJ7WW    308    11    55    28    25,476    RR DX
>> S57M    404    6    47    29    21,359    SCC
>>
>> 73
>> Peter
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mark
>> K3MSB
>> Sent: Donnerstag, 24. Dezember 2015 22:06
>> To: K4OWR
>> Cc: topBand List
>> Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL 160CW Contest QRP Portable Op
>>
>> Well,  I think doing QRP is nuts on 160M,  but I tired it during the RAC
>> Winter Contest and made 26 QSOs in about 1.5 hours, and I have to 
>> admit it
>> was kinda fun, and I was just pokin' along.....
>>
>> So, me thinks I'll try QRP during the Stew Perry and see how it 
>> goes.....
>> Now if I could just locate the source of my nasty 160M noise.....
>>
>> 73 Mark K3MSB
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 8:14 AM, K4OWR <k2owr at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> :::: I will indeed be in there trying out all my new CW interface 
>>> goodies.
>>> I have not really operated CW in a contest in many years.
>>> BTW FYI in the CQ 160 contest last year, In 9 hours I made 972 
>>> contacts in
>>> all 48 states plus 12 countries :-) :-) For first in TN and 17th. in
>>> country. All on phone.
>>> I did run full power though. One of these days I may try qrp just to
>>> punish myself.
>>> BILL K4OWR
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/23/2015 9:34 PM, Jim F. via Topband wrote:
>>>
>>>> Amen brother Jim !
>>>> Hope K4OWR catches the drift and gives it a try :-) Jim / W1FMR
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         From: Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
>>>>    To: topband at contesting.com
>>>>    Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 1:55 PM
>>>>    Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL 160CW Contest QRP Portable Op
>>>>      On Wed,12/23/2015 10:38 AM, K4OWR wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "/162 contacts in the log, with 51 sections, including 8 countries/"
>>>>> is terrible in any contest.
>>>>>
>>>> Huh? For QRP with a completely portable operation, I'd call that 
>>>> pretty
>>>> good.
>>>>
>>>> The late jazz saxophonist Gene Quill was sometimes criticized for 
>>>> being
>>>> a poor imitation of the great Charlie Parker. At one point, he handed
>>>> his horn to one of those critics, saying "Here -- YOU play Charlie
>>>> Parker solos."
>>>>
>>>> 73, Jim K9YC
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