[Elecraft] KPA500 - just 500 watts?

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

I can't begin to tell you all the times on 40m from NY4A in a DX contest
that the /QRP was all that I was getting, just because I could recognize the
pattern.  And, in Murphy-esque form the QRP station would waste all the QSB
peaks on /QRP.  I don't know why they bother.  All the work is on my end.
 *I* should get extra points for copying QRP stations, as in the Stew Perry.


If you want people to copy you on the other end when the path is minimal, do
NOT send /QRP on your call.  We ALREADY know you either aren't running any
power, or are antenna-challenged, or the path is almost not there, or any or
all of the above.

/QRP  *IS*  a waste of time in a contest.  Save it for casual QSO's when you
know the other end can copy you.



On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Rick Dettinger <k7mw78 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with the first two.  I appreciate a clean output from my
> transmitter and I would much rather use a bug.  More fun!
> But /QRP is not redundant, if that is what I want to communicate, then
> I use it.  I don't see it as a bad operating practice.  I find that it
> encourages other QRP ops to give me a try.  Those are often the most
> enjoyable contacts.  2 way QRP.
>
>
> 73,
> Rick
> K7milliwatt
>
>
> >  I will never
> > understand why many still use straight keys, badly formed cw, and
> > unnecessary verbiage (like "/QRP", for example).
> >
> >
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
>
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