But thats a basic part of the Canadian national heritage Eddy (-; Since my wife is a Newfie I figure I can get away with it.
Down here some feel it is below their status to stoop for change or dig for a weak signal. Carl KM1H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eddy Swynar" <[email protected]> To: "lmlangenfeld tds.net" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 11:43 AM Subject: Re: Topband: Nice QRP QSO > > On 2011-12-12, at 10:10 AM, lmlangenfeld tds.net wrote: >> >> Sure, but the fact is, nobody forces anybody to dig out a QRP caller. A >> lot of QRP calls undoubtedly get ignored as too weak to bother with. > > Hi All, > > That sort of logic on the part of some Hams, though no doubt true, just > completely escapes me... > > I liken it to deliberately stepping over a shiny new quarter that one sees > lying on a sidewalk: money IS money, and the frugal person inside of me > would never, ever allow me to do such a thing as to step over it...ditto a > weak caller in a contest: a QRP participant is still worth points in a > contest, so why on earth would one ignore him simply because he might be > weak...? > > If anything, I personally go out of my way to work weak callers: it can be > as much a challenge for me, as it is for him! That's why whenever someone > signs their call with "/QRP" I'll strain to put him first in my log... > > ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1415 / Virus Database: 2102/4076 - Release Date: 12/12/11 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
