[UK-CONTEST] RSGB LP Contest - G3SJJ

[Dave Sergeant]

I did a /P entry in this a few years ago and some years done a fixed 
entry from home, but I didn't bother at all yesterday. In the past few 
years inter-G working on 40m has been hard because of high critical 
frequency and hence long skip.

The contest name leads to confusion, and it doesn't really fit in with 
the mainstream QRP contests. It is correctly called 'Low Power' 
(although ARRL and CQ think 'low power' is 100w...) then has 10W and 3W 
sections, rather than a 5W section which is the accepted QRP power. So 
you entered the Low Power section Chris, certainly not the QRP one...

The DL Original QRP contest, which sometimes coincides with this event, 
has a more logical approach with the exchange including a designator 
for the power - VLP 1W, QRP 5W, MP 20W and QRO. Maybe the RSGB should 
consider this. Or it might be logical to change the 10W section to 5W 
and the 3W to 1W.

Of course this contest used to be called 'Low Power Field Day' until 
they introduced the fixed station sections. I am not sure whether 
having so many sections is required, maybe 5W for all (QRO as 
checklogs) and fixed or /P would be enough.

73 Dave G3YMC

On 21 Jul 2008 at 9:59, Chris G3SJJ wrote:

> It's a possibility Les but I think anyone serious enough to be trying
> maximise their points would want to work anything. In fact I realised I
> missed a trick here. There was plenty of time in the afternoon session
> to got hunting below 7020 and have a general chat for a few minutes.
> Four of those would have added another 20 points!
> 
> Anyway I am wondering if  it is the casual ops who are just trawling
> around for /Ps, not realising us Fixed QRP need QSOs as well! Whilst
> CQing on 40m, I was monitoring G5LP/P on 80 and heard GU3TUX call him,
> so I flipped on to 80 and CQed. May have got his tuning strategy wrong
> as he didn't call. I assumed he had started high and was tuning to the
> low end. Interestingly I also assumed the activity on 80m would be
> higher up the band whereas most seemed to centre on 3525!
> 


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