I recall that it was in Bob's first edition of "The Complete DXer," that he noted that serious DXers only used separate transmitters and receivers. It was of course written at a time when transceivers were relatively new and wide splits for chasing DX required remote VFOs. Dual receive was still to come.
A few years ago I had an occasion to reminded him of his erstwhile pronouncement and was greeted with a knowing shrug and smile. 73 - Steve WB6RSE On Jul 31, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Bill NY9H wrote: one of our fellow K3 owners and an old neighbor, Bob W9KNI wrote a book on working DX, In fact it is " THE BOOK' on working DX.... ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html