You can't work all of the Hams all of the time. It’s matter of power, antenna, propagation, sunspots, and a lot of luck. Sometimes I hear nearby radio amateurs working DX stations one after another. And I didn’t hear a thing. And they say: ‘You’re 5 and 9 here, loud signals.’ What’s wrong with my dipole or vertical? I think we live in parallel worlds. Do they make contacts through worm holes? I don’t know, but it is sometimes frustrating. There must be something magic about radio transmissions. Last week I heard an EA7 station working a G station on 17 meter. By the way I love 17 meter because it’s a practical noiseless band with fine signals. Anyway, the two stations were experimenting power levels. First the EA7 station starts with 100 watt (barefoot) he was 5 6 – then he decreased his power to 50 watts. He was 54. No problem at all. Then he goes to 10 watt. Still OK, report 52. Finally he was running 1 watt and still I could copy him, with no problem at all. Why don’t we all use QRP? Everything in life is relative. When I read QRPp bulletins about transmissions of making QSO’s with milliwatts, then 5 watt or 10 watts is almost QRO. Barefoot is ridiculous when others use 500 to 1500 watt. But, David beats Goliath, so keep up the faith that 5 watt will do. I can’t work all of the hams all of the time. When I turn on the rig, I start without any expectation, just believing I can make wonderful QSO’s and sometimes I do. I like to chat with someone from the UK or DL. I don’t mind where they come from. And when I came across a DX, it will make my day for sure. 3000 km or more is really DX for me. QRP is a kind of religion. When I commit a sin by using too much power, I feel guilty. When I see my 2x15 meter dipole and 7,2 meter vertical I think ‘What am I doing?’ My Miracle Whip with 10 meter wire was doing OK. Will I become mad? Someone has to stop me, please.
Look, there is a DX today! Yippee. (Click on picture to enlarge)
You can't work all of the Hams all of the time. It’s matter of power, antenna, propagation, sunspots, and a lot of luck. Sometimes I hear nearby radio amateurs working DX stations one after another. And I didn’t hear a thing. And they say: ‘You’re 5 and 9 here, loud signals.’ What’s wrong with my dipole or vertical? I think we live in parallel worlds. Do they make contacts through worm holes? I don’t know, but it is sometimes frustrating. There must be something magic about radio transmissions. Last week I heard an EA7 station working a G station on 17 meter. By the way I love 17 meter because it’s a practical noiseless band with fine signals. Anyway, the two stations were experimenting power levels. First the EA7 station starts with 100 watt (barefoot) he was 5 6 – then he decreased his power to 50 watts. He was 54. No problem at all. Then he goes to 10 watt. Still OK, report 52. Finally he was running 1 watt and still I could copy him, with no problem at all. Why don’t we all use QRP? Everything in life is relative. When I read QRPp bulletins about transmissions of making QSO’s with milliwatts, then 5 watt or 10 watts is almost QRO. Barefoot is ridiculous when others use 500 to 1500 watt. But, David beats Goliath, so keep up the faith that 5 watt will do. I can’t work all of the hams all of the time. When I turn on the rig, I start without any expectation, just believing I can make wonderful QSO’s and sometimes I do. I like to chat with someone from the UK or DL. I don’t mind where they come from. And when I came across a DX, it will make my day for sure. 3000 km or more is really DX for me. QRP is a kind of religion. When I commit a sin by using too much power, I feel guilty. When I see my 2x15 meter dipole and 7,2 meter vertical I think ‘What am I doing?’ My Miracle Whip with 10 meter wire was doing OK. Will I become mad? Someone has to stop me, please.
Look, there is a DX today! Yippee. (Click on picture to enlarge)
