I worked a couple who kept sending only "QRP QRP QRP" every time I'd
send TU. They were a couple of UT's who apparently wanted to get in
the YN2WW log. I think they were the only ones who ID'ed with QRP and
I know I worked a dozen known QRPers who never signed /QRP .... most
all of them know better!
73 K8DD/YN2DD @ YN2WW
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack@gmail.com> wrote:
> I didn't hear a single station senfing "/QRP". I did work two stations
> who sent "5" as their power. I'm glad none sent "E".
> :-)
>
> Last couple hours of contest were fun. 20 and 40 were both rocking. I
> wish I could've worked the T6 who was supposedly going to be on,
> though. That would've been an alltime new one for me and would've put
> me 5 away from #1 HR.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Ed K1EP <k1ep.list@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This entire discussion has gotten me confused. After reading the
>> post, I heard a station just send "J" as his power. So now I am
>> thinking, is this a cut number for 1? Is he QRP? But if he is QRP,
>> why didn't he just send /QRP like everyone else and it would be soooo
>> obvious? No, I finally realized he wasn't sending J. He was sending
>> ATT with a really bad fist! Now I know that you can't use the phone
>> during the contest, so I guessed that it was 100W.
>>
>> At 2/21/2010 03:02 PM, Kelly Taylor wrote:
>>>Are we really going to the place where asking for clarification on generic
>>>operating issues counts as assistance?
>>>
>>>I am sure the station that sent JTT for 100 isn't unique, so asking "what
>>>does J mean" is entirely different than asking "who was the station sending
>>>EE5-something?" (Considering that J is kinda stupid as a cut number anyway,
>>>I don't blame anyone for being confused.)
>>>
>>>The former is OK, IMHO. The latter isn't permitted at all, regardless of
>>>classification.
>>>
>>>That said, I think David should be deeply ashamed for even THINKING that
>>>this sport should be fun! David, David, David: if there aren't blood
>>>droplets forming on your forehead from worrying about even imaginary rule
>>>infractions, you're clearly NOT serious. (/satire)
>>>
>>>73, kelly
>>>ve4xt
>>>
>>>
>>>On 2/21/10 8:32 AM, "David Levine" <david@levinecentral.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Bob,
>>> >
>>> > First off I *am* operating assisted. Regardless I don't think asking a
>>> > question like this makes you assisted. It was as generic as asking does
>>> > 5NN
>>> > get logged as 5NN or 599. It's a generic question. But hey, what
>>> do I know -
>>> > I'm just out there having fun.
>>> >
>>> > Now back to enjoy some strong (at least for me since I've been licensed)
>>> > conditions.
>>> >
>>> > K2DSL - David
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Robert L. Shohet
>>> <kq2m@earthlink.net>wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I sure hope that those of you operating in ARRLDXCW this weekend
>>> >> and posting or reading this post are claiming an ASSISTED
>>> >> or MULTI-something category of operation.
>>> >>
>>> >> In fact, asking what the "JTT" Exchange means DURING a contest
>>> >> is no different than asking for help with a Callsign DURING a contest.
>>> >>
>>> >> I thought that this practice was not allowed? Seems a lot like cheating
>>> >> on an exam to me.
>>> >>
>>> >> 73
>>> >> Bob KQ2M
>>
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