"Brian Reay" wrote in message
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On 18/02/14 13:48, Stephen Thomas Cole wrote:
Brian Reay wrote:
While I follow the QRP scene, I don't pretend to be an ardent QRPer or
QRP builder so I'm not fully briefed on the rules. Those are simply an
outline I recall.
That's my interpretation of this "scene", folk are getting kicks out of
getting results within strictly defined and, in real world terms,
impractical limits. To each their own!
I think such competitions stimulate a bit of homebrew, innovation, ...
etc. I may be incorrect but I think there may even be a periodic
competition run by the GQRP club.
I think that there are skills here which could be 'transferred' to the
commercial or military design arena. Many things impact reliability, some
of the most obvious are component count and solder joint count.

I think that anyone who describes such things as, "impractical" has not
got a single clue about amateur radio. CB radio, perhaps.