[Elecraft] getting started with QRP

[Rick Bates, WA6NHC]

Signing /qrp is not a great idea.  Just make your call and see where it takes you.

There are plenty of receivers in the Reverse Beacon Net that will cluster spot for you when you simply call CQ (in nearly any digital mode, including CW).

Having said that, some DX clusters mismanage the /qrp if your CQ gets beacon posted.  That can raise the frustration level of folks watching the cluster because it may give a false country allocation.  Um, some folks handle that frustration better than others... ;)

Only a few DX stations actively working contacts will take the time for QRP.

Life is too short for QRP.  ;o) but opinions may vary.

Rick, WA6NHC

iPad = small keypad = typos = sorry ;-)

> On Jan 4, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Fred's certainly correct with his advice about not signing "/QRP".  Many
> see it as some form of "I'm special,  take pitty on me" or "whining".