[Elecraft] OT: The use "QRP"

Fred Jensen k6dgw at foothill.net
Thu May 13 14:19:10 EDT 2010


lstavenhagen wrote:
> Interesting. I've always felt the other way about QRP stations -
> they're more attractive for me to work because of the novelty of
> their using low power and the probability that their operating skills
> are better due to the challenges of working QRP.

Hmmm ... conventional wisdom suggests that the operating skill goes to 
the station that works the /QRP.  It's easy to transmit with 5W, I do it 
often when in the field.  Picking my weak signal out of the noise and 
QRM on the other end takes skill.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2010 Cal QSO Party 2-3 Oct 2010
- www.cqp.org


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