I got a reply from Adam re the Why qrp? letter in QST. Here is most of his
reply to me, and a subsequent reply as well.
It doesn't look like he is going to change his mind, yet.
>>
>>>Thanks for the reply, Adam. I guess the point is that we try to make
>>valuable, viable contacts with the minimum power. Sure, we could do it
>>with
>>more, and I have. In fact, for the first three or so years that I have
>>been
>>licensed (only about 5 anyway), I was all for more power and had much
>>the
>>same outlook towards qrp ops...why? Well, now I can say that it's
>>because
>>it's so much fun! I have reached W. Kiribati on 750 mw ssb, and Japan
>>on 5
>>watts cw. If the other guy can't hear, or copy me, no problem, I'll
>>move on
>>to the next one.
>
And Adam replied:
>I think that I am from a different school. Let me tell you about what I
>am used to. The station that I am used to is located out in Bolinas
>California, (17 miles south of Point Reyes) and it's called KPH. Down
>there the transmitters all run AT LEAST 5KW to gain beams that bring the
>ERP up into the half megawatt range. I really agree with this method of
>thinking.
>The ham transmitter is a Collins 30K-5 which runs 200 watts on 30 meters
>and 300 on 40. The antenna that the Collins has is a 6 Megahertz Dipole,
>up 280 feet above sea level. The masts are 80 feet high, and the masts
>are stuck into a cliff. In a complete circle around you can see the sky
>meet the horizon.
>
>We are trying our best to put out the finest quality signal we can.
>That's where I derive my motto: "If the front end isn't crunching, then
>the signal is not strong enough"
>
So I sent him:
>>
>>CQC Winter QSO Party is on right now, qrp of course. Crank it down and
>>join
>>in...I'd like to hear your call out there.
>
> I'll drop the screen voltage on the Eico's PA tetrode, and we'll see
>what we can do.
>
>
I never did hear him, but I didn't hear much of anything....condx were not
too good. But it seems that he doesn't get the point. Either he is
compensating for his rig with the antenna system, or he is compensating for
the antenna with lots of power. Seems to have confused quality with quantity.
73,
Bob KI7MN Chandler, AZ Grid DM43bi Lat 33.334500 Long -111.87260
NorCal #1221 ARCI #8918 Qrp-l #271 CQC #274 AK QRP #30 ARRL
http://www.dancris.com/~ki7mn
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