When you're QRP, everyone you work learns patience! I say this from
almost 20 years experience as a QRP-Portable in VHF+ contests.
73, Zack W9SZ
On 1/14/13, James Jordan <k4qpl@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Well said Hank. There's a difference between grabbing an "unused" frequency
> and just flat running someone off because you can. 99% of contest ops honor
> that as I can attest from 3 years SSCW QRP with good runs. Had to play David
> vs Goliath only a few times and more often than not my just keeping on
> working people through the QRM made them realize fighting me was hurting
> their rate and they eventually slunk away. When you're QRP you learn
> patience!
>
> 73,
> Jim K4QPL
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 14, 2013, at 9:39 PM, Hank Greeb <n8xx@arrl.org> wrote:
>
>> Several times while I was "running" during the recent NAQP another op
>> would plop down on the frequency (NOTE, I did NOT say it was "MY"
>> frequency because no one "owns" a frequency") and called CQ.
>>
>> Only a very few times the fellow figured out that I had been calling CQ on
>> the frequency, and occasionally making a contact. Most other times I just
>> searched around, found a "fairly quiet" frequency, and called CQ again.
>>
>> I was running my "might 4.9999 watts to a cloud warmer antenna" so it was
>> perhaps understandable.
>>
>> But, in past encounters, when I was running 100 watts to a "fair to
>> middling" wire antenna, I found that ops would try the same tactic. After
>> 5 or 10 minutes of neither of us making contacts, or only very few
>> contacts, the other station would slink away. And, when on the very, very
>> rare occasion that I was in a contest with a "full gallon" station and a
>> "fair to middling full size yagi" I NEVER gave in to the LID who tried to
>> stomp on the frequency I was using. (Note, I NEVER said, and NEVER will
>> say that the frequency I was using was "MY" frequency because the FCC
>> doesn't assign frequencies.) But, if I'm there first, and I have a "fair
>> to middlin' signal, I'm not about to leave it unless someone declares
>> "EMERGENCY.")
>>
>> So,all the discussion about "who's frequency it is" seems specious to me.
>>
>> 72/73 de n8xx Hg
>> QRP >99.44% of the time
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