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Naww, the scoring team doesn't care what the software calculates.<br>
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Besides, having /QRP or /LOW or /HIGH at the end of each call letter
would brand us as LIDS who use a power level to ID ourselves.<br>
<br>
I NEVER, EVER, NO NEVER use /QRP, and I'd say that >99.44% of the
operators who choose to operate with 5 watts or less power do NOT
use the /QRP suffix.<br>
<br>
I often cross out the "claimed score" part of my entry, because I
know that the contest adjudicating committee will recalculate it,
subtracting the errors in logging which I do in >99.44% of the
times. It's rare I have a "golden log." <br>
<br>
72/73 de n8xx Hg<br>
QRP >99.44% of the time<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/12/2014 9:50 PM, <a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Remember
that if we want to give extra credit to someone who *<b>works</b>*
a QRP station then we are going to have to change the
contest exchange to include the power level. Such a change
would also require all of the programmers who produce our
logging software to make the appropriate changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">There
was a comment “</span>The only thing the power mults would
do is allow for an "overall winner" of the party...<span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">”.
Personally I don’t think there is any way to get a single
fair “overall” winner. If we wanted to try, how would we
adjust for those of us who do not have steerable antennas?
Those make a pretty big difference as well, probably as much
as the difference between 5 and 100 watts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Another
comment was “</span>All participating stations have a level
playing field as far as receive, so the QRP station can hear
as well as anyone else.” <span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sorry
but I disagree here too since wire vs steerable/gain
antennas makes a big difference. The ability to copy any
station depends upon many more things than just the
transmitter power of the other guy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">For
myself, I like to compare my efforts from year to year.
Lengthening the exchange will negate previous years efforts
for comparisons. Even though adding a power level to the
exchange doesn’t add all that much time to a QSO, it does
add up after a while and might possibly cut down on the
total number of QSOs. Oops, the mobile moved, there went
that last mult I needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">(Some
tongue in cheek comments):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If
we want a truly level operating field then we should all be
forced to use the same radio / antennas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You
have to put up a beam for me since I don’t have one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Why
not force us all to do all CW contacts without a narrow
filter?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">No
computer aids for anything but logging.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">No
PC keying or memory keyers, everything manually.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Why
2 points per CW QSO anyhow. Why are they more important?
(I’m 99.9% CW BTW)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I’m
sure I could come up with more…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Yes,
I have operated QRP in OQP. Personally, I would like to see
results much sooner and the “per county results map” get
updated long before requiring any rules changes without
good/convincing arguments behind them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">And
I also appreciate the thoughts behind Dave, K9FN’s post.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Paul,
N8OT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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