Hi,

There is and probably will be for a long time to come some ambiguity.
Context can be our friend. Meanwhile I would point out that contesting
and non contest 'operating events' have up to three categories that they
specify in their rules. A rule may state that QRP is 5 watts or less.
Medium power is between 5 and 100 watts. High power is more than 100
watts. If it is not stated in the rules then it isn't a *rule*. But it
seems to always be well defined. When some brain-dead moron like me
(regards up to 100 watts as QRP) enters a conetest or 'event' in the QRP
class then we pay attention to keep power levels down to 5 watts or
less. That is the best you will get from me.

Posters on this and some other lists may have bibles that say QRP is
always 5 watts or less. So that is what it probably means here. In the
wider universe - probably not.

73,

Bill  KU8H

bark less - wag more

On 11/6/20 11:28 AM, Shane Justice wrote:
> I'm not trying to pile on here, but ever since I can remember hearing
> the term QRP, as applied to power limitation for contests or challenging
> operating conditions, it has meant 5 Watts or less. While the Q-signal
> sent alone is either a statement of ones' power level (I AM QRP), or a
> request or demand (Turn YOUR Power Down), depending upon context. A QRP?
> Signal means Are You Operating QRP?- a question for the distant
> operator, so the ham on the near end knows how to interpret the received
> signal strength and quality, and/or band conditions.
>
> QRO, is either a declaration (I AM at full power), or a request/demand
> (increase your power)- the QSB/QRN/QRM is so bad that the distant end's
> transmission is difficult to obtain reliable copy at the receiving end.
>
> QRO? Q-signal is queryng the distant station as to their power output-
> Are you at full power?
>
> I've been a ham since about 1984, and when I knew QRP as a power level
> (5W or less), was probably 1986, when I made a 6m contact from AZ to HI
> with 5W from a mountaintop during Field Day that year, using a Squalo
> (Square Halo) antenna on a 10 foot pipe I steadied with my arm. One of
> the experienced hams there exclaimed "You just made a QRP contact with
> Hawaii!!!" Following my quizzical look, he explained QRP as 5 Watts or
> less power output.
>
> SO, I don't know exactly when 5 Watts became the standard power level to
> be referred to as QRP, but it at least goes back sometime before then. I
> am sure there should be a date in the literature regarding that power
> level in one or more of the ham organizations- ARRL, RSGB, etc. Now off
> to Google to see what might be found there...
>
> 73,
> Shane
> KE7TR
>
>
>
>> On Nov 5, 2020 at 06:28, N3MNT <bob@...
>> <mailto:bob@...>> wrote:
>>
>> Voted, but think we should set a limit for the amp power.
>