[CW] Etiquette(SP!) question...

Wed, 21 May 2003 01:04:47 -0400

I often get calls from stations with VERY poor signals.  This often happens
if you have a very big signal.  (At the time I was running 4 element yagi
and 500 watts at a great QTH...)  The signals I was hearing were barely in
the noise, and then when I replied I got the "RIG HR 20 WATTS AND W3DZZ
ANTENNA UP 10 METERS BT TKS FOR QSO OM NICE TO ..."

So often after straining I get that it is a QRPer.  Running 2 watts to a
indoor antenna.  Sometimes it seems not worth the blasting of the QRN into
my ears.

But I hope that eventually those guys will "wise up" and get a good antenna
at least, or call at high power, and then do a "QRP" test by lowering power.

On 10 meters, I have gone from 1000 watts output to 100 watts output and my
signal due to conditions has gone from S-9 to S-2 and once when I told a 20
watt station how difficult he was, I went to 20 watts output.  He couldn't
copy me at all.

Sometimes it is good policy to do this to QRPers so they can understand what
you're doing.  Often the QRPers tell me "I couldn't copy you if you were the
same power as me."

So I guess being in a QRP contact honors the receiving guy.

73

David
N1EA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Buckle" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 12:03 AM
Subject: [CW] Etiquette(SP!) question...

> I was calling CQ on 14.040 tonight and I heard a reply so faint, the only
> reason I knew the person was calling me was the pattern of AFE in my call.
> Even straining with the volume all the way up, I could hear him so poorly,
> I could only make out bits and peices of letter elements.
>
> I feel bad that I didn't try to return to him, but I didn't feel that I
> could copy enough of his faint transmission to make a solid contact.
>
> Should I have let him know by sending SRI QRN CNT CPY or something
> similar or was I correct in just not responding?
>
> tnx.
>
> g.
>
>
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