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

[Phil Wheeler]

I have a friend who likes thin-crust pizza. The 
problem is that she thinks anyone who prefers 
thick-crust pizza and mentions it to her is 
picking a fight with her. Something of an 
overreaction, but that's the way she it.

QRP vs. QRO is like thin vs. thick crust pizza.  
We all have our preferences, and stating them in a 
discussion here is not intended to insult those 
who do not have the same preferences.

We're very lucky to be able to run the range of 
power levels we have (and have CW or PSK31 or SSB 
or ...) -- and to have excellent equipment to let 
us make all those choices with ease.

73, Phil W7OX

On 4/24/15 6:16 AM, Chester Alderman wrote:
> 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.