My QST finally arrived, and I could read the letter from KD6POC.
What's all the fuss about? You know he's right in some of his
statements. We all know from hunting the Fox that all the work is on
the hunters' end. The Fox puts his call out, at whatever level, and we
hunters are at the mercy of propagation...if it's good, we nail him, if
not then we try next time. The skill is in the hearing of his weak
signal.
Guess that's why most of the prizes go to the hunters.
Why do we do it? Well, it's partly the satisfaction of copying a weak
signal over fairly respectable distances and through a bunch of QRM, and
partly the satisfaction of doing it with equipment we built ourselves.
I'm not knocking QRP, because I love it, but Adam has a point. All the
work is on the other end, where the other guy is pulling us out. Says a
whole lot for that feller's operating skill.
Pse don't flame this kid. Maybe he'll join us for a foxhunt and see
what fun we have.
-- 72/73 de Roger N7KT Mesa, AZ Grid DM43cj NorCal 40-9er, NC38S, NC-40A, Cascade, OHR Explorer 20, 30M, OHR400, HW-9 NorCal 1099 CoQRP 176 QRP-L 62 G-QRP 9081 ARCI 8946 NE-QRP 383
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