Hi Tom, I am a keen LOW POWER (not QRP) guy but, as you expected, I think that your way of treating the "QRP Thing" is more than unacceptable. If we'd follow your very bad example we could very easil
Claudio, While I can see how some of Tom's statements may ruffle some feathers, I can't help but agree with the three main points of his argument: 1. Use skill to overcome QRP. That's the whole point
I'm not Tom but please allow me to respond anyway. Nonsense. More nonsense. No. In the US at least, all stations are held to the same standards regarding bandwidth. A QRP station a kilometer away spl
Wow, an Italian station talking about QRP! This got my attention! I have used QRP before in contests just to make things interesting, especially for FD, but I am one who objects to the "/QRP". I neve
It should be noted that the USA QSL bureau does not handle domestic cards - I cannot send Tom a card through the bureau. I guess that's different from QSL bureau practice in most countries. (that sai
Can some one point me to document(s) that state it is illegal to sign callsign/QRP? tnx Sylvan Katz - VE5ZX Saskatoon, SK _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-C
I don't know about the rules in Canada, so I can't comment. In the USA, signing <yourcall>/QRP falls under FCC rule §97.119(c) "(c) One or more indicators may be included with the call sign. Ea
In Germany, probably the whole Region 1, only /m /mm /am /p are legal 73 Peter Von: "VE5ZX" <ve5zx@hotmail.com> _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@cont
Tnx Hans. That is sort of what I thought. I presume it is the same here. OTOH - I suspect it is legal anywhere to send callsign<wordspace>/QRP 73 Syl :) Sylvan Katz - VE5ZX Saskatoon, SK ___________
Yes, a reply via bureau should be done when possible, but I believe Tom was referring to U.S. ops who send plain-old postcards with no return postage to other U.S. ops. We do not have a domestic bur
I have read, I think in the QCWA Quarterly, a strong assertion by a retired FCC employee (W3BE?) that the /M and /MM designators in common use are illegal for FCC licenses now that England and Scotla
Doug...and all it is difficult to believe any U.S. operator gets enough domestic PSE QSL cards without return postage to be a financial problem. But I think Tom is complaining about the principle, no
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Yes Bill, Fair enough, I am with you, except, I am still answering QSL's being sent direct but without any postage.. Not as fast as with postage though. 73's Andrei EW1AR-NC2N ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not too long ago, I got a card from Japan. (with IRC enclosed) It said "PSE QSL FIRST USA". We don't come much less rare than that<grin>! -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://
Hello Bill, Doug and Bill, thanks for LoTW-confirmations. Hope I can use them for WAS and USA-CA submissions one day. -- 73...Art RX9TX 05-Jan-06 06:52 UTC http://rx9tx.qrz.ru "Real knowledge is to k
Bill isn't it in good hamspirit to answer those QSLs you receive? Why do we (the ham community) keep a QSL buro system if you can only obtain a QSL through the normal postal services at a much more e
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I recently received a QSL card from stateside with a $10 bill enclosed - I was pretty chuffed until I realised the station was not in my logbook, that and the fact the propagation was not possible on
And yet I get tons of QSL cards through the buro. I simply don't answer them because I'm pretty sure the guy doesn't really need California for any imaginable award. My theory is he just cranks them