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Re: [RTTY] Q Rate Killers

To: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>,RTTY Reflector <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Q Rate Killers
From: Jerry Flanders <jeflanders@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:09:29 -0400
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I either copy a station or I don't - the signal strength and QRM/QRN dictate that. What I resent is those stations that insist on including the /QRP with the callsign. I never know if LOTW has him registered that way. Also in a contest it slows things. Fortunately I don't see this often, so no big deal.

But it has always amused me that _some_ QRPers, even with poor antennas, will brag and say they don't need higher power. True THEY don't need it, but the receiving station might need help to hear them clearly in the high noise band conditions we often see.

Jerry W4UK

At 11:28 AM 9/27/2016, Bill Turner wrote:
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 08:38:30 -0400, Dave wrote:

>
>3. Because of the higher possibility of repeat requests, does anyone
>think that qrp is out of place in some or all RTTY contests.

REPLY:

Maybe I'm just an old grump, but I think QRP is annoying anywhere in
ham radio, not just contests. The QRPers are proud of their lousy
signals whereas the REAL work is done by the stations trying to copy
them.

Flame deflector on, fire away. :-)

73, Bill W6WRT
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