Re: [Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained!

2010-07-18 Thread Bill W4ZV
Lu Romero - W4LT wrote: > > The winners used FT450's. > Wrong. The #1 and #2 teams both used FT-1000MPs. http://wrtc2010.ru/result_table.php NOBODY used FT-450s. 73, Bill -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/WRTC-Rig-choices-for-the-contest-explained-t

Re: [Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained!

2010-07-18 Thread FredJensen
Many years ago as a teen ham [OK, way more years ago than "many," dirt was young then] I had an SX-28 receiver. For the newbies, radioblvd.com/SX28Notes I sold it when I was about to graduate from Cal Poly in 1962. Several years ago, I "inherited" a stock SX-28 with speaker from the estate o

Re: [Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained!

2010-07-18 Thread Fred Atchley
Lu Romero wrote: I am still debating a P3... Do I even need the features of a band scope? When I use Icoms, I hardly ever look at the scope, I use my ears and that big knob in the center of the panel to find multipliers. I agree. My previous 3 rigs were Jupiter, Orion (1) and then OMNI VII. For

Re: [Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained!

2010-07-18 Thread Lu Romero
lrom...@ij.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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

Re: [Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained!

2010-07-18 Thread Hector Padron
From: Lu Romero Subject: [Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained! To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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 wonderin

Re: [Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained!

2010-07-18 Thread Lu Romero
That is the glory of life! We have choices! -lu- - Original Message Follows - From: juergen To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net, lrom...@ij.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained! Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:44:24 -0700 (PDT) >Hi Lu > >All meaning

Re: [Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained!

2010-07-18 Thread John Ragle
On 7/18/2010 6:44 AM, juergen wrote > Until a bigger K4 is released the K3's small size and ergonomics will always > be a factor in anyone's purchasing decision. > = Egad! a BIGGER K3? I think the K3 is a beautiful example of a Tardis...much larger inside than outside. This is a sign of

Re: [Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained!

2010-07-18 Thread juergen
small size and ergonomics for whatever that criticism is worth. I am waiting for the K4 or K3B(BIG)! 73 John --- On Sun, 7/18/10, Lu Romero wrote: > From: Lu Romero > Subject: [Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained! > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Date: Sun

[Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained!

2010-07-18 Thread Lu Romero
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 q