[Elecraft] milliwatt fun

[Kevin Rock]

I worked an op the other day who gave me a 579 during the first go 
around.  I talked about the mountain, my name, the weather.  He came back 
with rig and antenna information.  So I replied with "rig here KX1" and a 
bit more about life in general.  His next question was how much power was 
I running.  So I told him I had no clue (the truth) but that I was running 
with a newly charged 12 volt gel cell.  He congratulated my on a FB sig 
with 5 watts.  I didn't think the KX1 could put out that kind of power.  
But I thanked him and closed the contact since Ms. P was standing there 
tapping her foot.  It is best not to put her off too long so I did the 
right thing ;)
    I figure my call sign is long enough, why put all that cruft after it?  
Simply confuses the issue and tests my ability to send long call signs.  
If they're interested they'll ask.  If not I will talk about the weather 
and how the fir, hemlock, cedar, and alder trees are growing.  My personal 
interest is the alder crop since that is what keeps me warm ;)
     Kevin.   KD5ONS/" no additions here".

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:37:01 -0400, Larry Makoski W2LJ 
<Makos327 at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> 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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