[Elecraft] Considering a KPA-500 - WAY off topic!

[Chester Alderman]

With apologizes to Wayne and Eric and with full understanding of this
reflector rules, I am disgusted enough with Guy's below post that I HAVE to
respond.

Even if Guy's below post is 'tongue in cheek' it sure highlights Guy's lack
of thinking by posting it. 

I have been a CW operator for a little over 62 years and I have never run
QRP simply because I don't want to...my prerogative as an amateur. To me, a
QRP operator ignorantly think it is 'cool' to brag about the contacts they
make, not realizing it is not their station capability that is making a QSO
but rather the person on the other end, who has the intelligence and station
capability to dig the QRP signal out of the QRN and ORM that really makes
the contact. 

Notwithstanding the above, Guy has found the intestinal fortitude to label
me as a 'hopeless LID at 1500 watts' just because in MY HOBBY I prefer to
have my K3 drive my Alpha 9500 to its full 1500 watt output into my 16
element yagi at 80', IF I SO CHOOSE! Heaven only knows why Guy would want to
post something that labels his own intelligence! NONE of us has the right to
categorize others only because their participation in our hobby is different
from their own.  

73,
Tom - W4BQF


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Well, there's 27 dB between the ears, so it's capable of making 100 w
extremely pesky, 5 watts actually work, and in the hands of a total LID,
render 1500 watts at a fine station useless. Have seen all of the above and
everything in between, the 27 dB is fairly accurate.

How come accurate? Because a fine QRP op actually CAN beat out a hopeless
LID at 1500 watts with equivalent antennas. That's 25 dB. Need to add a
couple extra dB to 25 because you don't know how far down in the hole a
hopeless LID really is. LID probably needs a couple extra dB to be able to
work anyone at all and get back up to zero.  27 dB between the ears.

As to Fred's skills? Come on. At worst he's mid-range for NCCC, and that for
sure is nothing to dismiss. He's just trying to sneak in a little
rope-a-dope for the next contest, get you off your guard, beat you in the
pile when you're not expecting it.

73, Guy.
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