Hi, Carl:
There may be info in all of this for a filler article if you come up short
sometime :-)
73...
Rick, K6VVA
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:51:35 -0800
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
From: Eric Hilding <dx35@hilding.com>
Subject: RE: Signing /QRP in Contests...
Jeff, K8ND (sometimes PJ2/K8ND) commented:
> "/QRP" is just more noise in the pileup.
Amen & Amen & Amen.
My "Final-Final" comments I feel need to include the following, in
response to those in favor of "/QRP" callsign add-ons for *whatever*
reasons, which then should require the appropriate corresponding add-ons
by NON-QRP stations ... for "equality" ... and so everyone will be better
able to "identify" extra operator/station handicaps or lack thereof in the
midst of a contest (like, people have nothing better do do, right?): (*)
1. callsign/GCQ (I'm operating from a Geographically Challenged QTH with
low antennas, so please work harder to pick me out of the pileup, okay?)
2. callsign/NSO2R (I'm not SO2R, so please turn down the volume on your
other radio and be extra special kind to me, okay?)
3. callsign/NXYL (I'm not fortunate enough like the married operators to
have an XYL to bring me food during the contest, am thinking about
petitioning for a new NO XYL awards category by the contest sponsor, so
please bend over backwards to work me, okay?
4. callsign/NSYOBT (I'm not fortunate enough to have stacked yagis on big
towers, so please go out of your way to separate me from the big boys in
the pileup, okay?)
5. callsign/INSPT (I'm not in a Geographically Challenged QTH, not SO2R,
don't have stacked yagis on a big tower, no XYL to serve me food during
the contest, but I need "Special Preferential Treatment" for some personal
reason *during* the contest exchange or on a QSL card. Please forget
about your high QSO per hour rate goals, overall contest goals and stop to
spend extra time working me, especially in bad QRM if I have a real weak
signal for whatever reason, okay?)
ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I think Detective Jack Friday would probably say: "Just gimme the
callsign, only the callsign, and ditch the UN-necessary"
73...
Rick, K6VVA
(*) P.S. I hope no one thinks I am really serious here ;-(
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