Are you sure he's not trying to keep you out of the "winner's circle"? ;o)
Seems like there are more K3s noted in 3830 postings every contest, not to mention the still venerable K2s. Many well known calls, not just lil' pistols. The 200W comment is not valid for most LP contests. There are a few that allow 150W, but most consider LP to be 100W. Most, if not all, serious contesters change bands via the logging program. The only controls I touch during a contest are AF, RF and maybe filter width. (Yes, I sometimes play with RIT/XIT) If you need to dink around with controls a lot, you're not making enough contacts. For the big multi-multi stations, it may be more of a function of cost, initially. They generally try to standardize as much as possible. Too, with monster antenna arrays, some of the issues they face are not the same as folks with a single tribander and dipole... It probably comes down to operator preference in the end... For various, non-technical reasons more than anything else. 73, Julius K8RDD wrote: > > Sorry for the misspelling in the original message. It should have > started "A fellow". He told me that a "Big Gun" would never buy a K3. > #1 due to not having 200w, #2 due to ergonomics. He basically said > that people that buy a K3 don't use it enough to not see the inherent > flaws in the layout, size etc. of the K3. He felt the 1000d was much > better. I don't own my 1000d or MkII anymore. I did buy the K3's with > some reservation as far as it being more like my 751a as far as > bandswitching etc. But after using the K3 for over a year I have found > very few things to complain about. My Ft-2000 sure was prettier > though. Anyway I thought after being on this reflector for a long time > now that most people here were obviously pretty sharp, and use there > rigs quite a bit. I am not a contestor but I would guess those that > are have the basic requirements of a station with the antenna being > the number one concern, if not determination.. > I've always found that the antenna was the most critical part of my > station. Then the transceiver as far dynamic range etc. Then power > output, in that order. What does everyone else think? I know looks to > a lot of people are #1, but I'm sure that the station I am trying to > contact really doesn't care. > Randy > K8RDD > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ----- Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 Elecraft K3 #1875 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-how-often-do-you-use-it-tp4280002p4285578.html Sent from the [K3] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
