[Elecraft] Signing "/QRP"

[Nr4c]

Like signing emails with list of clubs they belong to, awards and all the Elecraft equipment with serial numbers. 

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> On Jul 26, 2017, at 3:56 PM, Nicklas Johnson <nick at n6ol.us> wrote:
> 
>> On 26 July 2017 at 15:40, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Signing "/QRP" is just another manifestation of entitlement.  It is a
>> way of saying "I'm different and I demand special treatment."
>> 
>> 
> ​I think you are reading waaaaaay more into it than what is actually
> there.​  Different, sure, but it's equally plausible to interpret it as a
> pre-emptive explanation for having a weaker signal (or an inability to
> transmit with any more power) or even just as a throwaway "gee whiz"
> factoid about what they're doing.  I'm unwilling to assume what someone
> else's motives must be when I can immediately imagine multiple different
> reasons why someone might do a thing.  When I see a call sign coming across
> from someone I don't know, I can't ascribe some special meaning to their
> indicator without more information; all QRP tells me is that they're
> (probably) using low power, not WHY they're using low power or WHY they're
> telling me about it.
> 
> For me to assume what their motivation might be would require my making
> assumptions about them and their reasoning process, which is information I
> absolutely do not have.
> 
> Maybe I'll start signing N6OL/PIE when I'm having pizza.  There's just as
> much reason to get mad about that.
> 
>   Nick
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> Message delivered to nr4c at widomaker.comOn 26 July 2017 at 15:40, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Signing "/QRP" is just another manifestation of entitlement.  It is a
>> way of saying "I'm different and I demand special treatment."
>> 
>> 
> ​I think you are reading waaaaaay more into it than what is actually
> there.​  Different, sure, but it's equally plausible to interpret it as a
> pre-emptive explanation for having a weaker signal (or an inability to
> transmit with any more power) or even just as a throwaway "gee whiz"
> factoid about what they're doing.  I'm unwilling to assume what someone
> else's motives must be when I can immediately imagine multiple different
> reasons why someone might do a thing.  When I see a call sign coming across
> from someone I don't know, I can't ascribe some special meaning to their
> indicator without more information; all QRP tells me is that they're
> (probably) using low power, not WHY they're using low power or WHY they're
> telling me about it.
> 
> For me to assume what their motivation might be would require my making
> assumptions about them and their reasoning process, which is information I
> absolutely do not have.
> 
> Maybe I'll start signing N6OL/PIE when I'm having pizza.  There's just as
> much reason to get mad about that.
> 
>   Nick
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