I wouldn't be surprised if weight and size had something to do with their choice as well, though.
73, Dave AB7E On 7/14/2010 8:03 PM, Lu Romero wrote: > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
