> I'm not a DX'er so it's revealing to hear about the high power
> philosophy.
> About 6 months ago a friend of mine starting working DX with 100 watts and
> a dipole. Today he has the 1000MP mark V, the big amp, the tower, the
> beam and is spending many bucks "buying" QSL's.
When we work DX with QRP the OTHER GUY should get the
award and pat on the back, not the QRP guy.
He is the poor $#% who has to have a good system and skills, not
the weak signal guy. He is doing all the work, you are doing no
more work than the guy running QRO. The measure of a good
station and good skills is how many QRP people with small
antennas you can hear, not how many people you can work by
making their live's miserable and slowing down their contact rate
with a pathetic signal.
Being proud of QRP is like being proud of being on welfare, and
thinking the fact you can get other people to work to feed you
somehow makes you a great skilled survivor.
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com
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