[Elecraft] milliwatt fun

Larry Makoski W2LJ Makos327 at worldnet.att.net
Mon Oct 10 20:37:01 EDT 2005


mc wrote:

> here is the link I found;
> http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/qrpwhtwy.html
>
Wow!  I gave the ARRL article a quick read through.  While there was 
some valuable information in the article, there sure also was a lot of 
the "old wive's tale" in it !!!!

As far as removing calling CQ from your vocabulary? Ptosh!  I call CQ 
just about every night!  And so far this year, I've had at least one QSO 
a day, since January 1.  My feeling is that unless there's a total radio 
blackout, the band is going to be open to somewhere.  And the odds are 
that your signal will be decent to someone, somewhere.  Why not call 
CQ?  Seems stupid not to, to me.

And signing "/QRP" ??????  mc, you said it best yourself this morning 
.......

"Never tell them up front you are QRP. It's an ancient Black Magic 
incantation that makes people deaf."

I never try to advertise that I'm QRP unless it's a QRP Sprint.

Finally, "The poorest choice for the QRPer is the vertical antenna."  Hmmmmmmm ..... using my
Butternut vertical is what got me the QSO I used to join the "MPW Club"; and it works FB
for me in the Foxhunts. Okay, a Yagi and a 100 foot tower would make life easier; but I 
think the poorest choice of antenna for a QRPer is something more akin to a wet string.

73 de Larry W2LJ





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