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"Leroy" wrote in message
news ![]() I was under the impression that CW would get through under worse conditions and/or with lower power requirements than other modes. Various digital modes do better under low SNR conditions than CW, but they do require a computer at both ends to perform the encoding and decoding -- some people don't like that fact, that you seemingly need "more equipment" to work such modes than you do with CW. It's a bit of a red herring, however, in that these days pretty much every single amateur radio being sold commercially has a processor (computer) in it anyway, and while some are strictly for "control" (not modulation/demodulation), the percentage that does have raw number crunching power increases every day, and within a decade it's a fair bet that over 90% of all commerical amateur radios will use DSP techniques for modulation and demodulation. (Cell phone went to DSPs somewhere between 5-10 years ago now...) Does no one run "flea power" anymore? Absolutely they do, and it's a really cool part of the hobby... but for every 100 amateurs, I would guess that the number running QRP on a regular basis is about 1. ---Joel |
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![]() "Joel Kolstad" wrote in message ... "Leroy" wrote in message news ![]() every 100 amateurs, I would guess that the number running QRP on a regular basis is about 1. ---Joel My sole experience with QRP was accidental. I had reduced power to 5 watts to tune to a different band (17 meters) and forgot to turn the power back up. As a result I found myself speaking to a Swiss ham form my southern Oklahoma shack with 5 watts and getting a reasonably good signal report. I realize that for real QRPers 5 watts is high power, but for me it was an unusual pleasure. Moreso because bad weather had me using an indoor dipole mounted on the wifes sewing room ceiling (about nine feet above the earth). Harold KD5SAK |
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