[Elecraft] KPA500 - just 500 watts?

[Igor Sokolov]

I run my Expert 1k-FA at 600W driving it with K3 set at 15W. When I hear 
/QRP station I switch from 600W to 15W. My statistics is that less then 50% 
of the  /QRP callers hear me then.
When in the contest /QRP station calls I often  come back to him with my 
call/QRO to show him that this power information is redundant

73, Igor UA9CDC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Olinger K2AV" <olinger at bellsouth.net>
To: "Rick Dettinger" <k7mw78 at gmail.com>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 - just 500 watts?


>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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