[Elecraft] # 5607 first contact QRP!

[Vic Rosenthal K2VCO]

Actually, many QRPers seem to be saying that it's /easy/ to work the 
world with 5 watts and a crummy antenna, and it's sinful to use more 
power, or, God forbid, a beam.

It is /hard/ to work DX with 5 watts and a low dipole (or worse, a 
Buddipole or similar antenna). This can be very frustrating to new hams 
who have yet to develop the operating skills that make this possible.

QRP is great fun, but the 13 dB between 5 and 100 watts is very 
significant. And the difference between a short, loaded vertical and a 
beam can be even more significant.

On 2/5/2014 1:34 PM, EricJ wrote:
> Sorry to point out the obvious, but that could be said of any power
> level. And add band conditions at any particular point in time. There's
> nothing magic about 5 watts out and there's no more magic at 100 watts
> out. 100 watts will get out some times when 5 watts won't, but 5 watts
> (or far less) will get out a lot more times than most hams realize. I
> think that's all most QRPers are saying.
>
> Eric
> KE6US
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> On 2/5/2014 12:18 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>> Sorry to be a wet blanket, but it's the antennas and the operators (on
>> both ends) that makes QRP work (or not).
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC

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73,

Vic, K2VCO

Fresno CA

http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/