[Elecraft] KPA500 - just 500 watts?

[Kevin Rock]

The Woodwright or the New Yankee Workshop?





On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:11:03 -0800, Rich NU6T <rehill at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> I've seen some really hacked carpentry done with power tools.
>
> If I had to compare weekend warrior power tool work to master craftsman
> hand tool work, I'd go with the hand tool job.
>
> Rich
> NU6T
> (here it comes....)
>
> On 1/25/2011 8:16 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>> Using a straight key (or bug) is like using a hand plane and chisels to  
>> make
>> furniture. The end result will never be as perfect as something done  
>> with
>> power tools, but the satisfaction is in the challenge of learning to do  
>> the
>> best job possible with something that demands physical skill.
>>
>> I am immediately alerted whenever I hear a bug or straight key on the  
>> bands.
>> I find keyers boring by comparison. Not that I won't work someone  
>> sending
>> machine-perfect CW and enjoy the contact, but to me it's like listening  
>> to a
>> "computer voice" instead of a real person speaking.
>>
>> I quite agree that the skill in working QRP goes to the receiving  
>> station. I
>> get a much bigger personal thrill out of achieving Q5 copy from a guy
>> running 100 mW than I do when someone reports Q5 copy when I'm running  
>> 100
>> mW.
>>
>> Ron AC7AC
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Pete Smith
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:33 PM
>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 - just 500 watts?
>>
>> And I think a lot of the "skill" should be credited to the ops on the
>> other end who manage to pull out the QRP stations.  That said, operator
>> skill is particularly important for any QRP station - 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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