Max,
Well I think what you say may be true for some I think it is just a trend
and not necessarily the whole of QRP.
When I bought my first kit, I bought it unbuilt from a older gentleman.
I believe he was in his 80's. He told me he was selling it because he
did't like those transistor thingy's. His station was all tube equipment
that he had built over the years. His feed lines were open wire that
looked like he made them too. He had a 20M quad as his only antenna.
It was quite historical, and all QRP. The map on the wall had pins in
about every country I could see. All of his rigs were QRP. None was as
small as any commercial rig I own.
While this station wouldn't meet your description of where you think QRP
is going, I considered it QRP extraodinaire. Just like there are many
facets in ham radio, I believe there are many in QRP. Building is fun
and many of us on the list get our kicks from building and experimenting,
many use commercial rigs. Their QSO's and stories count just as much as
those on home brew rigs running on steak sauce power. The same level of
operating skill is required.
--
73 de Jeff AC6KW
grudin@vdbs.com
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