[CQ-Contest] A portable rig that would serve well for contestingtoo?

[John Geiger (NE0P)]

That is a good suggestion for a portable rig that will do nicely on HF.  A used Yaesu FT890 would also be nice as it has the built in tuner (which is supposed to match about anything) as well as the built in keyer.

73s John NE0P



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Alan Zack" <k7acz at cox.net>
Reply-To: Alan Zack <k7acz at cox.net>
Date:  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 21:03:46 -0700

>I have carried a TS-50 to the Philippines many times for contesting there. 
>They are cheaper now than when I bought mine about 10 years ago.  Please 
>see:
>http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/index.html?con_id=24&call=k6acz
>
>73 & GL
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Kristinn Andersen" <andersen at simnet.is>
>To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
>Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 5:02 PM
>Subject: [CQ-Contest] A portable rig that would serve well for contesting 
>too?
>
>
>> Hi:
>>
>>
>>
>> As an alternative to my relatively large IC746 base station rig, I am
>> considering buying a more portable rig that would also work well as a 
>> backup
>> for contesting - primarily RTTY and CW.  Some candidates of the current 
>> crop
>> include:
>>
>>
>>
>> Icom IC-706MKIIG (been around for a while)
>>
>> Icom IC-7000 (not available yet?)
>>
>> Icom IC-718 (the "beginner's" rig)
>>
>> Yaesu FT-897D (rugged looks, internal battery option)
>>
>> Elecraft K2 (kit, good RX performance)
>>
>> ... and others.
>>
>>
>>
>> Do you have any comments on these or others as contesting rigs? 
>> Performance
>> under strenuous operation, ease of use (not requiring too much menu 
>> browsing
>> for common functions), contest functionality (such as a button for 
>> listening
>> on the TX freq).
>>
>>
>>
>> 73 - Kris, TF3KX
>>
>> http://www.simnet.is/net/tf3kx
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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