[SixClub] QRP on Six ???

[Larry Brown]

OK gang!  Is there a standard to go by? A "carved-in-stone" rule as what constitutes QRP? Is it 10 watts,5 watts or as I heard an op on 75 meters say one night "if I'm running less that 2000 watts it's QRP! ". Seriously, I know the last one is not right but I did hear the op say that!

The reason I ask is that back on Jan 9th Howard(W5DNT) in EM01 had a huge pileup working. To break down things to a more manageable mess he finally called for QRP only. I switched the Kenwood TS-60 to low(about 8-9 watts on the Heathkit 2102 meter and threw out the call. I was the one of the first ones he pulled out. 5x7 peaking to 9 into EM01 from EM78. I've since made several contacts into EM01.EL17 and EL18 on low power. 

 Later another op informed me that QRP on VHF was 5 watts or less.  So what is the accepted power for QRP on VHF? Am I misleading other operators when I identify as kg4zar/QRP ? If I try a contest am I cheating if I'm using 8-10 watts(into my homebrew rigid dipole)? Is there a standard or does each contest set their own QRP standard?

Thanks Guys/Gals !
Larry
kg4zar
EM78hp