QRP
Some people swear by it. I am more inclined to swear at it. QRP is not an option I can consider when I have equipment that is QRO.
Going QRP now would be like trading in my SUV for a moped. I am just not the kind of person that thinks that would be sensible.
I was QRP when I first started in ham radio. I had a 6V6 crystal oscillator for a transmitter, a 6SN7 regen for a receiver, and a long wire antenna that evidently was not long enough because it was difficult to make contacts outside the confines of my town.
All that changed when I got some real equipment and a decent antenna. It never occurred to me to investigate my previous rig to see if it was the transmitter, receiver, or antenna that was the problem. I was having too much fun the with real stuff.
It is not that I think QRP is a bad thing. It is just that I have bad memories about it.
Would I try it again? Probably not. When I first started, QRP was the only thing I could afford. Today QRP is no longer affordable. I think I had all of 50 dollars in my first station. That included antenna, receiver, transmitter, and all the accessories I needed to make them work. Today a basic QRP station is going to run at least 100 dollars. Not that such a price is unaffordable but for 100 dollars I can buy a used QRO rig.
Today QRP just does not make sense to me. Going back to the automobile analogy, QRP is like paying an SUV price for a moped.
Now why would anyone want to do that?