-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ditto that Doug,
When I'm contesting with my K2 the only knob that gets "twiddled" is the VFO with an occasional push of XFIL. I can't imagine a big gun station holding sway on 20 meters moving anything on the rig. They sure don't have to S+P like we little pistols do. I've also noticed a disturbing trend on the reflector. That being most of the negative posts, what few there have been, and none from actual owners or buyers of the K3, have come from people well known on the Ten-Tec list and are Orion owners/users. Kinda makes you go "Hummmm". Maybe the boys in Sevierville are getting a little nervous. > You also said, "I can't afford to spend time twiddling knobs to > determine the current state of the transceiver." I agree! In fact, I > would say that during a contest, you can't afford to be twiddling > knobs period. If you are adjusting AGC, Shift, Bandwidth RF gain, > Preamp, Notch, etc during a contest, sounds like DXing more than > contesting to me. Time spent twiddling knobs is time not making Q's. > > I won't dispute that these may be (seem?) "important" to you now, but > I know tons of contesters who simply "do it by ear" and usually don't > twiddle knobs at all. Like K3ZO, on cw I like to select one BW > (usually fairly wide) and that's how I operate the entire contest. If > I have to narrow it for one situation, I immediately "put it back" as > soon as that Q is done. > > So that's MY style of contesting. The purpose of this post is simply > to present another POV (mine). de Doug KR2Q - -- R. Kevin Stover, ACØH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHUYOf11jxjloa2wsRAnkoAKCZkiVzmvpp7eIvTVDNNHRk2fulaACZAbnc Tj9WnWDQo8VFW8o8C0l30Hc= =f4Am -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
