That might be the opinion of K3LR of chosing Icom radios for contesting but here in FL the big contesters are all replacing their IC-7700/7800 and FT-1000MP for K3's because after all the tests done in the last contests K3 has been better in performance within a very crowded band. Its just a matter of opinions and operating skills. AD4C
"If you see a driver handling a cell phone on her/his hands while driving,do please stay away from that vehicle,its a moving bomb.Your life is at danger.Keep yourself and your family alive" --- On Sun, 7/18/10, Lu Romero <[email protected]> wrote: From: Lu Romero <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained! To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, July 18, 2010, 8:48 AM All: Well, I certainly poked a rather large stick into the Amateur Radio Contesting ant hill, didnt I? Lots of ants are scurrying around wondering if my between-the-lines conjecture is a seachange for some. Aparently, its not. Tim Duffy, K3LR, personally sent me an email regarding my post's questions (!). He asked that I relay his reasons for using a K3 in WRTC to all of you. I have cut them and pasted them in this post. His reasons are certainly plausible. They are as follows (the enphasis is not mine, this is a literal cut and paste): ----------- snip ------------- K3LR was not the WRTC TEAM LEADER – K3LR was a TEAM MATE of N2NT. As a TEAM MATE K3LR did not have the final decision on what radios would be used by our team. K3LR used the radios that the TEAM LEADER selected. However, it was good for K3LR to use a K3 (for the first time). K3LR has been asked many times how a K3 compares to the Icom IC 7800 and IC 7700. Now K3LR knows the operational “contest” differences between the Icom radios and a K3. So the result is that the K3LR Multi Multi station will STAY 100% Icom IC7800 and IC7700! ------------ snip ----------- So there you have it. I will leave it to others in the contesting ecosystem to add any more conjecture to my thoughts. I had valid questions and opinions, and I got a plausible answer. This discussion has helped me remember why my wife suggests that I wear my wedding ring when I travel out of town and elbows me in the ribs when my flirtations with other ladies at cocktail parties cross her "line of reasonableness"... :) Best 73 Lu Romero - W4LT ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
