Haw ha...I love that description, 'modest antenna farm'. I bet you
worked your fanny off installing that 'modest antenna farm' too..!
But congrats for that win, it's no small feat to win a category in
the big contest.
I had to 'kinda' cheat to win 1st place SOHP in Georgia for the ARRL
DX CW contest...all of the REAL contesters from Georgia had been
pulled away to either PJ2T or NK4I. But heck, a win is a win!
Yep, agree, the Orion does work fine for such contest category, as
long as you don't use it's keying loop. Other's have mentioned it
also works fine when using the AMP Output interface.
Again, congrats!
73,
Tommy - W4BQF
>
Sorry you were/are disappointed but the Orion does work and works well
for many of us.. Results were just posted for the 2005 ARRL DX contest,
and you might wish to note that NN3W took first place low power USA by
over 200k points ahead of his nearest competitor. NN3W performed this
feat from W9GE using my modest antenna farm and my Orion that never
needed rebooting once during the contest.
Many of us have different pereceptions. Me, I am happy with my Orion
and will remain so until a better receiver comes along....and I expect
that to be a very long wait. 73 bob de w9ge
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