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

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

OT part of this thread is now closed.

Guy was -not- accusing you directly, nor ALL 1500 W amp users, of being CW lids. 
He was just saying a person with poor CW operating skills, even when using 
1500W, can be frequently be beaten by a QRP op who may have excellent CW skills. 
It was not a personal attack or a broad brush attack on all 1500W ops. It was 
more of a general statement that skill frequently outweighs pure power.  I own a 
1500 W amp in addition to my KPA500, operate CW QRO and QRP, and did not take 
offense.

Guys - please take a breath and resist the rush to reply to perceived insults. 
Its easy to unnecessarily post somehting you later regret, especially when you 
find you mis-interpreted the intent of the original poster..Waiting overnight to 
post these types of replies usually results in their going into the delete bin 
instead the next morning. ;-)

73,

Eric
List moderator, when I have to..
elecraft.com

On 4/24/2015 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
>
>