I know this can be stated on the list at times by the "experts"
(you folks know who you are), but one thing that operating QRP
(for as short as I have) and reading QRP-L
has taught me is the need to LISTEN to the airwaves. When I
first got on the air, QROp with a whopping ~40watts with my
then HW-16, I was basically insensitive to the fact that
someone may already be on the frequency, too weak to be
evident. Since then I've become very sensitive (or at least
trying to be) to even the slightest hint that someone may be
on my frequency or even close such that I might interfere.
And operating with a direct conversion receiver (even a good
one like the Ten Tec Century 22 with audio filter that I have),
I have become very sensitive to the audio bandwidth that
strong signals, whether QRO or QRP, can take up. I kinda wish
everyone could be a bit weaker, or at least not so loud :-).
Now how can we stress this?
Maybe "sensitivity" should in fact be the subject line to this
post.
Cheers/72. Kevin, KB9IUA, QRP-L
home: kb9iua@juno.com.
I gave eight folks FYBO points.
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Kevin L. Anderson Ph.D., CENCR-PD-W, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rock Island District Office, Planning Division-Waterway Systems
Rock Island, Illinois 61204-2004, USA phone: (309) 794-5586
e-mail: anderson@ncrsun1.ncr.usace.army.mil
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Opinions expressed here are my own and do not represent the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the Federal Government.
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