tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post7375256631923205031..comments2024-03-28T05:17:55.293-04:00Comments on W2LJ QRP - When you care to send the very least!: A popular misconceptionQRP - When you care to send the very least!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08707602309223956112noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-72476882303332770872016-04-05T13:19:40.157-04:002016-04-05T13:19:40.157-04:00Nice post, Larry. I would like to add that there ...Nice post, Larry. I would like to add that there are so many more aspects to this scenario, ala Jeff Foxworthy style (my apologies for using the "he" pronoun in advance, of course I mean to include YLs, too): <br /><br />If a ham is using his Heathkit radio from the 1950s...he might be a QRP station.<br />If a ham inherited some QRP equipment...he might be a QRP station.<br />If a ham soldered up a transceiver kit (Rockmite, Heathkit, KX1, etc.)...he might be a QRP station.<br />If a ham has a poor antenna or poor antenna options...he might be a QRP station. <br />If a ham can't afford a "Big Time Operator" rig and a Yagi atop a 100' Rohn tower...he might be a QRP station.<br />If a ham station is located in an area where QRO may interfere with monitoring instruments, such as in an assisted living facility, dorm, or apartment building...he might be a QRP station.<br />Finally, if a ham typically doesn't want to fish with sticks of dynamite, use a sledgehammer to drive a thumbtack, or call in a backhoe to plant a tulip bulb...he might be a QRP station.<br /><br />There are so many reasons a station might be QRP, and while life may be too short for QRP, I would say life would really get boring if I had a nearly 100% guarantee that my QRO signal was being heard throughout the world all the time. I like a challenge. I know that I am not any less of a ham than someone with a kilowatt amp, and I don't mind that they are using that sort of equipment. I enjoy working strong stations, but I particularly enjoy working weak stations more. As a hobby, I enjoy making contact with someone who has taken the time to make their own antenna, perhaps assembled their own transmitter, maybe even a separate receiver, and is trying to make contact with affordable equipment. I would love to have the latest Elecraft, Yaesu, Kenwood, etc., but any contact I make with my KX1 and homebrew, inverted V antenna is much more rewarding to me than one I would make with QRO equipment.<br />Pat Ringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07991634671005769515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-51476872165257689482016-04-04T20:53:29.091-04:002016-04-04T20:53:29.091-04:00Some times to work QRP u need to forget you're...Some times to work QRP u need to forget you're QRPAG4Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-72943501646084763662016-04-04T01:29:04.949-04:002016-04-04T01:29:04.949-04:00Well stated! And, just because your QRP signal doe...Well stated! And, just because your QRP signal doesn't appear on the RBN site, doesn't mean you are not being heard by someone out there. Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10984094559146508871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-68956837664871891552016-04-03T19:50:09.298-04:002016-04-03T19:50:09.298-04:00Good evening Larry, I have to remind myself of you...Good evening Larry, I have to remind myself of your point 3, all to often I get hung up on my power being QRP and just that idea in my head sets up limits that should not be there. <br />73, Mike VE9KK https://www.blogger.com/profile/04720839744779758420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-61524452866551849532016-04-03T18:11:54.147-04:002016-04-03T18:11:54.147-04:00Thanks for sharing that. I've been trying to u...Thanks for sharing that. I've been trying to understand more about QRP and this corrected me on some things.KE0BLLhttp://ke0bll.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com