[Elecraft] OT: The use "QRP"

[Gary Gregory]

Whilst Gary makes a perfectly good case for why you would want to answer a
QRP station, and I agree with his comments.

I am not too sure about adding /QRP as their would be times when this may
indeed add to the difficulty in picking the call out IF you are working a
busy frequency, not necessarily a pile-up, but you may want to call a few
other stations that have called you as well.

I got thrill when I worked a G3 on vacation on ZL and he was calling /M and
when we made the contact he told me he was using 2W...I certainly thought my
antenna was doing a great job and so I was smiling ear to ear as I logged
the call.

We all have different ideas on operating so in the end it is up to the
individual, just don't add QRP and DROP the prefix etc. Partial calls are
not in our rules and so I do not answer stations that insist on calling
their prefix only which is becoming more common from what I am hearing
lately...good grief, I heard a "Roger Beep" on 20M Phone just the other
day...

73's
Gary
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Gary Hinson <Gary at isect.com> wrote:

> > You might choose not to answer, but the station signing /QRP
> > is breaking no laws.
>
> Dead right Tom.  I will work (almost) anyone who calls me, and do my level
> best to log exactly what they send me as their callsign (plus or minus
> sending errors, receiving errors and typoos of course - we are only human).
> I don't have the time or inclination to check out every foreign
> administration's callsign rules before logging someone: I figure it is
> THEIR
> responsibility, not mine, to use a legally valid callsign with permission
> to
> operate on whatever band, mode and time they are on.  I do however like to
> double check when someone sends me a weird call, just in case they or I
> busted it.  The calls used by foreign ops in BY still puzzle me because
> they
> use two full callsigns separated by a slash.
>
> But, the point made by our Swedish friend tells me that *some* hams would
> deliberately avoid answering me if I ever signed ZL2iFB/QRP - something I
> don't do, by the way, but the point is generally valid.
>
> Personally, I *like* to know when the guy on the far end is running QRP or
> a
> wet string antenna or whatever.  It tells me my receiving setup is working
> nicely, and usually means he is a homebrewer with a great big smile having
> worked ZL with his flea-power.  I *do* try to give priority to QRPers and
> other weak callers in pileups, and sometimes deliberately ignore the really
> loud callers, especially those who insist on calling all over QSOs in
> progress and expect to shout their way into my log.  QRPers generally
> aren't
> that rude and frankly, out of necessity, they are often better operators.
> QRPers happily persist until I have their complete call accurately logged,
> whereas some others either ignore or don't notice me sending their calls
> incorrectly, or give up after just one or two repeats when I am clearly
> struggling to make them out.  My ears prick up if I catch /QRP in a pileup
> and I'll go the extra mile to complete the QSO and make someone's day.  I
> appreciate that some don't share my appreciation of QRP, nor should they.
> I'm not trying to force my will on anyone.  This hobby is broad enough for
> us all.
>
> So, if you do want to tell me you are QRP, by all means add /QRP to your
> call or tell me what you're running.  For me, that's cool and you'll
> probably get a "72" from me at the end.
>
> 73
> Gary ZL2iFB
>
> PS  Should we be sending "74" to those alligator callers, I wonder ...?
>
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