Re: LF: Re: G6RO QRP transmissions

["Tom Boucher" <tom@telemetry.demon.co.uk>]

Ron's signal has been 549/559 with me all day in Devon and had a 100%
copy QSO with him this morning. Well done Ron (and Steve)!

Tom G3OLB

Steve Rawlings  writes
> Dave G3YMC wrote:
> > I heard Ron G6RO calling CQ several times last week identifying as
> > using qrp - he was 549, perfect copy, against the 579 I normally copy
> > him.  . . . .   At 283km this is an excellent distance for qrp.
> Mike G3XDV wrote:
> > I heard Ron on Sunday morning, but only at 319, signing G6RO/QRP.
> This morning (Sunday) I had a fine QSO with Ron.  His QRP signal (5 W RF)
> was RST 439 here (with QRM & QRN), rising to R5 at times.  Distance is 253
> km.  The remarkable thing is that Ron's QTH is off the side of my single
> turn loop - the only TX/RX antenna that I had available this morning!  I'm
> sure that Ron would have been RST 559, if I had been using an
> omnidirectional antenna.
>
> Regards to all,
> Steve GW4ALG