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[emiske at comcast.net]

.....scoring advantage to the 100 watt crowd?  

How so Bob?

Ed/WA3SES

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Bob Schreibmaier <k3ph at ptd.net> 

> Hey Gang, 
> 
> emiske at comcast.net wrote: 
> > Re: Goody K3NG comments: 
> > 
> > I, for one, am not saying operating QRP is easy. I know that holding a 
> frequency can be hard at meduim power in many contests, let alone QRP. All I am 
> saying is that the QRP stations are in competition with other QRP stations, at 
> least for the EPA and WPA awards. For the other awards, Rover, Portable and 
> Mobile, indivudual county certificates, the X2 mult makes it neigh impossible 
> for the QRO and/or medium power station to compete with a serious QRP station. 
> 
> I was going to try to stay out of this, but... :-) 
> 
> I've done 1500 watts out, 100 watts out, and 5 watts 
> out in the Party. I can tell you from experience that 
> the x2 multiplier for QRP does NOT even out the playing 
> field with QRO operation. It does, however, give a 
> scoring advantage over the 100 watt crowd. 
> 
> BTW, carriage returns are a good thing. :-) 
> 
> 72/73, 
> Bob 
> K3PH 
> 
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