Hi Bill,
maybe my English is not good and/or clear enough but the whole point of my 3
points about QRO was stating... that they are nonsense as well as those
about QRP.
So, I am glad you are writing that a couple of them are nonsense... but I
think that all of them are nonsense... they are just sayings kept from left
to right...
I think that it is more than evident that courtesy, legal respect, speech
quality, good operation, respect for others' operation, balanced width and
other issues are CROSSOVER VALUES in contests among QRP, LOW POWER and QRO
operators.
These are all common concerns, not specific for a single category. Do you
agree with me on this basic vision?
I do not agree with you just on one point that is the FAST callsign.
First, you cannot exactly know how much interference is on your signal in a
different continent. You can be confident things are not bad if you have a
good rate and work stations quite easily but... that station in Greece might
have difficulties from another nearby station In Israel and if you are too
fast he doesn't get your call in the QRM.
So, think about others' conditions too, not only about your KWs.
Second, the milliseconds that you save saying your callsign faster than
clearly readable are minimum but it makes a big difference in seconds being
forced to repeat the whole callsign again and again... just say it clearly
once; should be OK.
Also, do not forget that your mistaken call makes your correspondent and YOU
lose time, the QSO points and win a penalty...
Thanks.
Claudio Astorri, IK2DZN
-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Bill Turner [mailto:dezrat1242@ispwest.com]
Inviato: mercoledì 4 gennaio 2006 15.50
A: ik2dzn@astorri.it; cq-contest@contesting.com
Oggetto: Re: [CQ-Contest] R: QRP - Get Over It
At 11:37 PM 1/3/2006, IK2DZN - Claudio Astorri wrote:
>Hi Tom,
I'm not Tom but please allow me to respond anyway.
>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 easily state:
>
>1) QRO stations are not happy enough with strong signals; they put on the
>air the widest signals.
Nonsense.
> It seems either they want to save on linear
>amplifiers (again, no money for a good one?...) or they confuse the
>processor gain with the power gain of their transceivers...
More nonsense.
>More power should mean more responsibility on the width, shouldn't it?!?
No. In the US at least, all stations are held to the same standards
regarding bandwidth. A QRP station a kilometer away splattering can
be highly annoying.
>2) QRO stations are the ones giving their callsigns faster and faster. What
>does it mean if you have a strong signal? Does it mean that other hams'
>brain should run faster just for yourself?!?
No, it means that a strong signal is easier to copy than a crummy
one, and information can be sent faster as a result. Surprised you
didn't know that.
>Clearness and courtesy have nothing to do with a strong signal, come on...
Agreed.
>3) QRO stations are normally lazy.
Would "lazy" include those QRO ops who have built their own
amplifiers? Have you ever built a legal-limit amplifier. The word
"lazy" does not apply, trust me.
>They occupy their frequency for hours and
>don't scan the bands; are they king of the frequencies they occupy?
Ummm... yes. So what? Is occupying a frequency in a legal manner
wrong? Is there a time limit in Italy? There isn't in the USA.
>QRO doesn't mean you are a good operator and that you take the best score
>for your time on the air.
QRO alone doesn't make one a good operator, it just shows more
dedication to good communications. Would you say a QRP operator is
more interested in communicating or more interested in bragging about
his crummy signal being heard somewhere?
>
>So, Tom, you see... Does this bring to somewhere?!?
Not that I can tell.
>One thing I also do not agree with you is the QSL thing.
>The QSL reply is a COURTESY matter; if they do not send the stamp reply via
>bureau but REPLY!
I have QSLed by paper for years and now do it by LOTW. Anyone who
sends an SASE gets a paper QSL. Anyone who sends a paper QSL with no
SASE gets a warm feeling. Good enough?
>The next time I work you in a contest I'll repeat and spell my
>callsign/LOWPOWER 10 times occupying your frequency... ;-)
In the USA we call that jamming. What a great role model you are.
>Thanks.
>
>Claudio Astorri, IK2DZN
You're welcome.
73, Bill W6WRT
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