[Elecraft] Your Opinion: The realities of QRP vs. QRO

[wayne burdick]

>>> Life is too short for QRP.

This may prove true in my case (just ask my wife; I used up several of 
my lives designing the NC40A, Sierra, SST, Safari-4, KX1, K1, and K2).

But sometimes, the neighbors are too close for QRO. No matter how clean 
your transmitter is, if your antenna is practically on top of their 
CATV coax or FM radio whip, you may cause interference, because many 
consumer receivers have very poor out-of-band rejection at RF and IF. 
Dropping power can sometimes make a huge difference. Your neighbors get 
their entertainment devices back, and your entertainment device becomes 
more...challenging/sporting/efficient (take your pick).

I love the snap of fresh, hot electrons in the early morning, but I 
also really like QRP -- especially in the field. There's nothing like 
making DX QSOs with a hand-held rig and a wire tossed into a tree.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

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