[SFDXA] SSB Low Power

[Kai]

I thought that the definition of "QRP" was operating at a power level just below 
what is needed to complete a QSO. It is one where the signal report might be "ESP".
-73
Kai, KE4PT

On 10/31/2017 09:46, Pete Rimmel N8PR wrote:
> Life is too short for QRP...   QRP is anything less than 1000 watts !
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Bill Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 6:03 AM 
> To: 'SFDXA Reflector' Subject: [SFDXA] SSB Low Power
> /This a story that was classified at one time. It still may be /
>
> *Classified but it is interesting. I got it from a ham who worked for the 
> "State Department" in Guantanamo Bay. There was a terrorist prisoner who 
> resisted interrogation even with the infamous water boarding. No matter what 
> they did, he wouldn't talk. No forms of torture worked. It was the weekend of 
> CQWW SSB. They took the prisoner down the KG4 radio club and put him on 20 
> meter SSB with only low power. Within 20 minutes he started confessing. *
>
>
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