I was wondering when you would chime in, Amigo! The winners used FT450's. That ought to tell you the caliber of those operators :)
Anyway, lets argue about something more substantiatable, like Religion or Politics :) -lu- ----- Original Message Follows ----- From: Hector Padron <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained! Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:30:17 -0700 (PDT) >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 â 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 âcontestâ 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
