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Re: Topband: re topband QRP

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Subject: Re: Topband: re topband QRP
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 10:21:00 -0800
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On Sat,12/26/2015 9:39 AM, mstangelo@comcast.net wrote:

It sometimes leads to a discussion about our setups.

Bad operating practice in most contests.

If you cannot intrepret the information sent because of a weak signal QRM or 
QRN you have not made a valid contact.

A valid contact is the exchange of callsigns and one additional piece of information, followed by acknowledgement by both stations. When running QRP at the limits of propagation, that exchange can take a while.

Good operating practice in most contests is to transmit ONLY the required information. Anything beyond that, especially when conditions are marginal, is poor contest operating practice.

73, Jim K9YC
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