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n3tl@bellsouth.net wrote:
For what it's worth, guys ... *any* day can be QRP day.
While, yes, you are correct and anyone can run QRP, there's a bit of a difference when *everyone* is running QRP and just you are running QRP. :)
I always try to yield to QRP and Portable stations. <shameless_plug> As I follow the "The Courteous Ham's Guide to AO-51" available at http://is.gd/37Ca </shameless_plug>, however not everyone does. It's a lot easier to work a satellite at 5W or less when everyone else is also only running 5W or less, not that it's impossible to work it when everyone is pumping out enough RF to roast a chicken.
It would be interesting to encourage people who may not realize how easy it is to run QRP into satellites to give it a try.
- -- Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/