>All the rationalizations and anecdotal experiences aside, there is no escape from the physical reality that >a 100 watt station will be 13 dB stronger than the same station running QRP 5 watts. Whether or not this >13 Db is crucial depends upon propagation conditions and noise and QRM levels at the receiving end.
>
>73,
>Chuck NI0C
There you go. And "beating out" a station, or a hundred or a thousand stations that are usually from 13 to 25 db stronger than you takes a LOT of skill. this thrill and finesse of DXing QRP, it is like catching a big trout on a tiny fly.
Makes no difference to me whether the other station knows I am QRP. I know, and the joy is mine. For example, I worked DXCC on 40 meters alone in one winter running two watts from a NorCal 40. Antenna was a simple full-wave loop.
Little things like
* eight QRO stations answering 9J2BO on his 7 mhz frequency QRMing each other, I called him up half a khz running two watts and though 20 db weaker, I was the one he could copy. Or
* on 40 mtrs, hundreds of stations answering VR2 in a contest, all at the same time, I waited two seconds while everyone sent their call once then listened to see if they got him, while they were listening I sent my call out of sync, QRP, and he came back to me instead, ho ho ho. Or
* Listening and listening to VP8 South Sandwich on 80 meters, listening and listening while he worked a pile-up as big as all outdoors, everyone calling endlessly right through his QSO's, when suddenly and apparently unheard he said simply, "QSX up 25." I was his only caller in that brief moment, bang, in the log, QRP on 80 meters no less.
That's what I'm talking about...
72, Fred - kt5x (W5YA/qrp)
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