[PaQSO] QRP Operation

[Jimk8mr@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/24/02 1:49:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Bob.Crossland@adelphia.com writes:


> Guess maybe I better get caught up with the times?  I was of the opinion
> that most people do in fact give priority to /QRP calls.  I do agree that 
> if
> not needed, leave it off, but I've heard many, many pile ups where the /QRP
> got the green light before others.

This may just be due to the fact that if "Nancy Three Fox Radio" and "Nancy 
Fox Three Radio" are calling at the same time, they obliterate each other 
until one stops and the other one still saying "Stoke QRP" gets his two 
seconds in the clear.

I personally don't care to know if you are claiming QRP.  If an award sponsor 
won't take your word for it, why should I?


> Your comment about "please copy my number" and "I roger your number....." is
> right on Glenn.  On SSB, I catch myself doing that all the blasted time and
> as hard as I try to stop it, I keep doing it.  For some dumb reason, I feel
> that I'm being rude by being brief in my response.  I think I need
> counseling! 

I wonder how much of this, especially repeating the other guy's information, 
is a crutch for those who can't type fast, and are repeating the information 
to keep it alive in volitile memory until their fingers catch up.
 

> The QRP ops always amazed me at how quickly they could pull a call out of
> the muck, and I always attributed most of it to them being fine tuned to
> weak signal operating.

Au contraire, QRP guys will almost never run into a signal weaker than their 
own. Most of a QRO (KW) guy's qsos are 10 db down to start with, and often 
more due to QRP and/or inefficient antennas on the other end. For experience 
in hearing weak signals, run QRO in a major DX contest (CQing), where the 
noise and QRM floor is the limiting factor.  


73  -  Jim  K8MR   


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