[Elecraft] PS on The Complete DX'r

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Excellent thoughts on operating, Guy. I got a chuckle as I remembered =
having
some of the same experiences. Whenever I work an unusually-long path =
contact
when I am running QRP or QRPp, I send the other op a letter along with =
the
QSL congratulating HIM on his QRP achievement. He is the one who dug my
signal out of the noise, with superior operating skill, antennas and
equipment. Perhaps it was luck, but I've always believed that luck =
happens
most to those who are best prepared for it.=20

You wrote:

...And yes, we always give them 599. I can't bring myself to send anyone =
a
119 QSB=20
to 239 signal report, though that's what some are, and manage somehow to =
get
a=20
call sign after ten to fifteen tries....

If I work you and you are 219 you will get a 219 report from me. And I =
would
appreciate the same honesty. I am not going to let the rude ops force me =
to
be dishonest. I'm thinking of the ones who get upset if they aren't lied =
to
and told that they have a "rock-crusher" signal when the fact is they =
don't.
I'll tell them politely with an honest report. If they want to have hurt
feelings, that's between them and they fellow they see in the mirror.=20

Ron AC7AC
K2 #1289=20