I agree 100% with you Jim.
If you look at it another way. Standing on relatively flat terrain with 5 watts from an HT on a simplex channel will give you a mile or so on FM.
That same 5 watts from the same HT at the Empire State Building observation deck will give you coverage to several miles, if not several states.
Either of those two scenarios, I consider to be QRP.
73 de W4AS Sebastian
On Dec 19, 2008, at 6:49 PM, Jim Danehy wrote:
the premise that I follow is that QRP in the ham fraternity for decades prior to AMSAT was 5 watts output from the final stage of the transmitter . . . any other attempt which hopes to replicate that simplistic approach is speculation based upon a dynamic that is flawed from lack of accurate measurements . . . and constantly changing parameters . .
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Jim W9VNE