de dl8mbs/mostly qrp
Hello Hans et al, from my experience qrq isn´t generally better. In the
qsb-case qrq is favourable as well as on a not too crowded 80 or
20m-band with a good signal strength from the qrp-end. BUT: in more
difficult situations more stations get my callsign right with the first
call or get the exchange faster when I send below average speed of the
contest. 160m-Dxing isn´t done with 40wpm, too. The -... ... at the end
of my call isn´t too qrq-friendly and the regular problems with those
two letters are most often eased with a bit slower repeat (but of course
not the leftfoot-speed). Totally different for those qrp-stations with
big antennas, but I have to torture my counterparts with signals from
low wire-antennas. Still learning about the secrets of speed and timing
the call - as perhaps some SS-contestants launching those inviting
40wpm-CQs at times when five minutes pass without caller...
Ans so many ways to terminate a qso: Some give r or tu which later means
NIL (revenge for a frustrating and rate-hampering effort?). There are
ops who suddenly give up on the qso without any remark and continue qrz
or working another caller (to hold the qrg?). The strange thing with
that: a lot of them had me in the log (got "qso b4" when calling them
later). Not to mention those CQing-stations who disappear for ever from
the qrg during the attempt... One loud east coast station escaped that
way from my signal twice during WAG. Hopefully he will add a "sri nil"
or "sri ltr"-shortcut.
But there are also hams who try harder than I expect and want them to
try. I feel their pain and hope they say sri ltr. But they try and try
until they get it - callsigns to remember for the rest of the contest
and longer (of course unclever from the viewpoint of the rate-kings).
Even not being a fan of some net-based crutches I was intrigued by
W2EV´s proposal with an online-power-info. But it will only force
cheaters to try harder to cheat (software-tricks, remote amps?). But
"Integrity" and definitions of cheating vs accepted "Flexibility" is too
big a can of worms.
73, Chris (DL8MBS)
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