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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Radios and WRTC
From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 08:38:20 -0700
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     http://www.wrtc2006.com/WRTC_radioSW.htm lists the transceivers used
by each station in WRTC 2006.  Twenty-one different transceiver models were 
used by the 46 teams.  The following breaks down the usage overall
and by the continental area of the team captain:

                           Overall  AF  AS  EU  NA  OC  SA
                           -------  --  --  --  --  --  --
Yaesu FT-1000MP:             25          3  10   7   2   3
Icom IC-756 Pro III:         16          1   3  12
Yaesu MkV FT-1000MP:         11             10   1
Yaesu MkV FT-1000MP Field:    7              5           2
Kenwood TS-850S/AT:           5      2       3
Yaesu FT-DX9000D:             4          1   3
Icom IC-765:                  3                  3
Icom IC-775DSP:               3              2   1
Elecraft K2-100:              2              2
Icom IC-746 Pro:              2                  2
Icom IC-756 Pro:              2          1       1
Icom IC-756 Pro II:           2              2
Drake R4C:                    1              1
Icom IC-728:                  1                          1
Icom IC-7000:                 1                  1
Icom IC-7800:                 1              1
Kenwood TS-2000:              1              1
Kenwood TS-2000SX:            1          1
Yaesu FT-897D:                1          1
Yaesu FT-920:                 1                          1
Yaesu FT-1000:                1                          1
Yaesu FT-1000D:               1              1


BY RIG MANUFACTURER
===================
                           Overall  AF  AS  EU  NA  OC  SA
                           -------  --  --  --  --  --  --
Yaesu (all models):          50          5  29   8   2   6
                           -------  --  --  --  --  --  --
Yaesu FT-1000MP:             25          3  10   7   2   3
Yaesu MkV FT-1000MP:         11             10   1
Yaesu MkV FT-1000MP Field:    7              5           2
Yaesu FT-DX9000D:             4          1   3
Yaesu FT-897D:                1          1
Yaesu FT-920:                 1                          1
Yaesu FT-1000:                1                          1
Yaesu FT-1000D:               1              1


                           Overall  AF  AS  EU  NA  OC  SA
                           -------  --  --  --  --  --  --
Icom (all models):           31          2   8  20       1
                           -------  --  --  --  --  --  --
Icom IC-756 Pro III:         16          1   3  12
Icom IC-765:                  3                  3
Icom IC-775DSP:               3              2   1
Icom IC-746 Pro:              2                  2
Icom IC-756 Pro:              2          1       1
Icom IC-756 Pro II:           2              2
Icom IC-728:                  1                          1
Icom IC-7000:                 1                  1
Icom IC-7800:                 1              1


                           Overall  AF  AS  EU  NA  OC  SA
                           -------  --  --  --  --  --  --
Kenwood (all models):         7      2   1   4
                           -------  --  --  --  --  --  --
Kenwood TS-850S/AT:           5      2       3
Kenwood TS-2000:              1              1
Kenwood TS-2000SX:            1          1


                           Overall  AF  AS  EU  NA  OC  SA
                           -------  --  --  --  --  --  --
Elecraft (all models):        2              2
                           -------  --  --  --  --  --  --
Elecraft K2-100:              2              2


                           Overall  AF  AS  EU  NA  OC  SA
                           -------  --  --  --  --  --  --
Drake (all models)            1              1
                           -------  --  --  --  --  --  --
Drake R4C:                    1              1



Observations:

* Yaesu is still the top choice of WRTC competitors overall, and the 
  FT-1000 family of transceivers (FT-1000, FT-1000D, FT-1000MP, MkV FT-1000MP,
  and MkV FT-1000MP Field) account for half of all the rigs used at WRTC 2006.

* Icom was the top choice of North American WRTC teams, undoubtedly because 
  Icom USA was offering IC-756 Pro IIIs with Pelican cases as loaners.

* Kenwood is really trailing Yaesu and Icom in WRTC team choices, now
  accounting for less than 8% of the radios used in the competition.  The most
  popular Kenwood rig at WRTC was the TS-850S/AT, first introduced to market
  in 1990 and one of the oldest radio models used at WRTC 2006.

* No Ten-Tec, JRC, or FlexRadio rigs were used by any WRTC team.

* The Elecraft K2-100, a kit radio, was chosen by two teams, twice as 
  many as in 2002.

* The oldest radio model used in WRTC 2006 was the Drake R4C, which was 
  introduced to market in 1979 (I think).  The next oldest were the Kenwood
  TS-850S/AT, the Yaesu FT-1000, and the Icom IC-765, which were all 
  introduced to market around 1990.

-- 
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker@kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/

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