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

[res075cz]

Amen! I  have been through the QRP bit but I hate weak signals. Being a rag
chewer I want to enjoy the QSO. Fighting weak signals is not the way to do
it.

73 de Jim, K5ROV...

James (Jim) Parsons, K5ROV, CMSgt (E-9), USAF, Ret., San Angelo, TX
Ham for over 60 yrs. 80% CW, 10 % digital, 10 % phone.
k5rov@arrl.net,     QCWA, ARCI, Fists, ARRL, ARMS.
EX: W1RLA, K5FBB, K4FEO, SV0WN (CRETE), SV0WN (RHODES),
DL4NC, DL4JP, KA2FC (JAPAN), KA2JP (JAPAN).
JOHN 3:16


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David J. Ring Jr - N1EA" <n1ea@arrl.net>
To: <cw@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 23:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] Etiquette(SP!) question...


> I seems I stirred up a hornet's nest with a comment about QRP stations.
> Some of them are so darned weak it hurts my ears - and I'm a professional
> operator.  I have to admit that I am used to Distress and Safety circuits
> where I was paid to get signals - but it can be irritating when a guy is
20
> dB below the noise and calls you - only to figure out he is a W5.
>
> It is also really irritating when some ham spends 15 minutes calling you
> then after you get his callsign, goes to 100 watts where he is S9, but at
3
> watts (for some unknown reason) he is unreadable without terrible effort.
>
> I am talking about Readability 1 or 2  - signals that are really RST 119
to
> 219.
> When they finally are copyable they are probably up to 229 or so.
>
> I have at least four friends - probably more - that have permanent hearing
> loss because of digging weak signals out from the noise.  But I also have
to
> say that because they did so, thousands of people are alive today.
>
> I'm using a ICOM 756PRO and DSP and my ears and still I can barely copy
> them.  Well, I guess I stepped on the QRPers toes!  It IS terribly
exerting
> to copy signals so weak.  I have friends who have suffered permanent
hearing
> loss because they listened to weak signals they HAD to copy on SOS
circuits.
>
> This isn't SOS communications - don't make people dig so hard for you
unless
> you do have some sort of emergency.  MANY QRPers who I've said "I can't
copy
> you" come back at higher power and I make an enjoyable QSO.
>
> What happens when you run high power is that tons of really weak signals
> call you.  It can be enjoyable to work someone when the band is really
open
> who is running 2 watts from Central Asia.  But it can be really
frustrating
> when a low power, poor antenna fellow calls you when conditions are POOR.
>
> The other problem involving low power stations is the guys who have been
> sold a "bill of goods" thinking that two watts is all they "need".  That
is
> bunk.
>
> Many of these people leave the hobby because they've spent their money on
a
> QRP radio, it didn't work well, then they never had the cash to buy a
decent
> radio.
>
> Someone should tell them:  Buy a 100 watt radio, then run it at QRP if you
> want to.
>
> That at least makes sense for everyone.
>
> 73
>
> David Ring
> N1EA
>
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