Incredibly interesting between-the-lines reading here. >http://www.wrtc2010.ru/press/R3_license_for_SVO.pdf >http://www.wrtc2010.ru/press/R3_license_for_DME.pdf
What I find amazing in these lists is that Scott Robbins, the Ex-Product Manager of the Ten Tec Orion transceiver product line, brought with him, for his personal use... ...An Elecraft K3! That's like Col. Sanders going to Chick-Fil-A for lunch! Or Papa John ordering Pizza Hut for Dinner! And, contesting Jedi and CQ WW Champion Multi Multi station owner Tim Duffy, who operates the defacto "NASCAR Factory Team" for Icom (complete with "Team ICOM" uniforms), and who apears in advertisements touting the superior performance of the Icom 7XXX line of transceivers, brought with him for his personal use... ...An Elecraft K3! That's like Dale Ernhardt bringing a Toyota Camry to drive in the Daytona 500! This list is sort of like discovering that Bill Gates uses an Apple Mac Book running OS/X to do Microsoft presentations with! Now, we all know that the invitees to this party could afford to bring *anything* they wanted to bring. Im also sure that any rig manufacturer would have been happy to supply them with anything they wanted, just for the asking... But they both showed up with K3's. So did most of the competitors! Why? Did Eric and Wayne stack the deck by giving away free radios (the *real* reason for the upcoming price increases, right)? But even if I got a free radio, wouldnt I want to use what I am most familiar operating with and had the highest possible performance in this important competition? Could it be because they would have exceeded their baggage weight limit if they brought their usual rig? Or was it because of the tables supplied for the tents had fragile light weight legs that could collapse if loaded with 80lbs of radio? Or maybe because the organizers would not supply trucks to take their radios to the tents... Its a really big field at WRTC, you know. Lugging a 7800 or a 9000 on your back for a kilometer could be life threatening to you and career enhancing for your Chiropractor! The choices these two guys, as well as most of the other competitors, made for their personal WRTC competition rig say alot to me. -lu w4lt (currently/9V1)- ______________________________________________________________ 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
