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