Sunday, November 9, 2008

WHAT IS THIS QRP (LOW POWER) CRAP ABOUT?

WHAT IS WITH THIS QRP CRAP ANYWAY? YOU THINK YOUR DOING SOME
HOT STUFF WITH IT? HELL, THE PERSON TRYING TO RECEIVE YOU
IS DOING THE WORK...NOT YOU.

THATS RIGHT, YOU GET THE GLORY AND WE GET THE WORK.

LIKE TONIGHT I CALL A CQ ON 10.105 AT 100W OUTPUT. I GET A
PISS WILLY WEAK SIGNAL FROM 3 LAND. BUT I MANAGE TO GET THE
CALL AND THATS IT. SO I TELL THE GUY I CAN'T COPY.. SO
HE THEN CRANKS IT UP TO 38 WATTS (SO HE SAID) AND PROBABLY
GOT MAD WHEN I TOLD HIM ABOUT MY OPINION OF QRP.

LOOK WE ALL DON'T WORK DX, I LIKE A NICE CW CHAT FROM
TIME TO TIME. IF IM 579 DON'T CALL ME WITH .2 WATTS AND
EXPECT ME TO ENJOY IT.

100 watts is QRO to a lot of folks, (That means high power).

Fine. Then drop the drive and call me at 25 watts. Thats
low enough for anyone.



Dan/W4NTI

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

You have a point, Dan. I guess you could have reduced your power down to the milliwatt level and reciprocated the suffering.

OTOH, the poor guy is probably over on eBay right now searching for a "toobe with handles" for his next QSO :-)

Anonymous said...

if you don't like QRP don't work QRP ops turn the dial to quote RH

Dan/W4NTI said...

anonymous 1;

Maybe not this guy, but a lot of QRP ops seem to think they are doing wonderful things with super low power.

Nope, the poor guy trying to make sense of the signal through normal HF static is the one that should get the credit.

If he want's to get a "tube with handles" thats fine. I really like to be able to copy a signal Q5.

Life is too short for QRP...ho ho.

Dan/W4NTI

Dan/W4NTI said...

anonymous 2;

Because I try and work anyone that I determine is trying to work me.

Just something a real old timer taught me.

Since you asked such a dumb ass question, and can see you don't know a thing about ham radio etiquite.

Dan/W4NTI

Anonymous said...

gee dan as annymuse 2 I realy don't think it is good manners to work em then bitch about them and their segment of the Hobby

but then according to you I know nothing

Dan/W4NTI said...

annymuse 2

Gee whiz Marky I don't give 5 rips what you like or want.

And if your NOT Marky, your thinking is close enough to his convuluted pattern to qualify for the same response.

Now go play with you latest find a date.

Dan/W4NTI