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

[Alan Zack]

Guess I should mention using the set up described below I won both the 
CQWWDX and ARRL 10 meter as SOLP in the Philippines twice the two years I 
made separate trips there, so the rig does work.

73


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Zack" <k7acz at cox.net>
To: "Kristinn Andersen" <andersen at simnet.is>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A portable rig that would serve well for 
contestingtoo?


>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
>>