tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post2273120303913060304..comments2024-03-28T05:17:55.293-04:00Comments on W2LJ QRP - When you care to send the very least!: That happened only once before.QRP - When you care to send the very least!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08707602309223956112noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-71208996015235227242014-08-05T19:03:54.628-04:002014-08-05T19:03:54.628-04:00Hello Larry, yes it's great fun to get a perso...Hello Larry, yes it's great fun to get a personal response. <br />I often work with very low power, <b>50 mW</b> or lower, when the propagation is extremely good. I was knocked of my of socks, when an operator of a special station asked me what power I used in a CW QSO. hi. 73, Bert PA1B<br />http://pa1b-qrp.blogspot.nl/2014/05/lz69vz.html<br />Bert, PA1Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14064917598289627232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-79876874969734161762014-08-04T15:28:40.678-04:002014-08-04T15:28:40.678-04:00I had one of the South Dakota ops call me by name....I had one of the South Dakota ops call me by name. Not that unusual these days, with computer logs pulling up qrz.com or the equivalent, but in this case I'd been listening for a while before I worked him and never heard him call anyone else by name, and he didn't do so for the few minutes after I worked him either. I wish he didn't have a pileup going at the time, I would have loved to have known who he was. As K2DSL said, those things do make a contact more memorable!David, K2DBKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01368040445069901890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-45919811192424173762014-08-04T08:58:03.628-04:002014-08-04T08:58:03.628-04:00As a contester that does a lot of RTTY, you don...As a contester that does a lot of RTTY, you don't usually get to "talk" with the operators you make a contact with in many contests over the course of a year. When 2 contesters end up on SSB contact, usually in a phone contest, everyone does take a moment to say something personal. It happens with me for US/CA as well as DX stations whenever it's a SSB contact or a non-contest contact. <br /><br />Like you noted in your post, a very minor gesture can make a memorable impact.K2DSL - Davidhttp://www.k2dsl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-69546111263561995772014-08-04T07:22:39.928-04:002014-08-04T07:22:39.928-04:00I've been trying to work each of the operation...I've been trying to work each of the operations on every possible band/mode since March. Lots of fun chasing them. SD hasn't been horribly bad, although conditions above 20m have not been great.<br /><br />KY is another story. In the NW corner of Georgia, I'm too close for most bands. 40, 80, 160m, no problem. But I haven't been able to work them backscatter on 20m and above, and they don't seem to like 30m at all.<br /><br />Oh well, it is the chase that is fun.AA4LRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17802093412804980377noreply@blogger.com