[CQ-Contest] I.C.E. vs. Dunestar

[john at kk9a.com]

I've been very please with the Dunestar filters, both at my previous station
in Illinois and also in Aruba.  I have used them with various antennas, some
with less than perfect SWR, and I would definitely choose them again.

John KK9A / P40A


From: "Andrew Faber"
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:32:21 -0700
List-post: <mailto:cq-contest at contesting.com>

Kelly,
  I think many of us would appreciate your sending a summary of responses.
Personally, I have two ICE 419s at home, and W6LD and I have two more at
P49Y-P40L.  I've had no problem at home, but we've blown out various
sections of the filters on Aruba several times (mostly 10m, but also 15m and
160m), and never with more than 100 watts input.  Not sure what the problems
are, but they appear to be the capacitors. One issue in fixing them is that
the capacitance values vary from unit to unit that we have, so it is a bit
confusing.
  73, andy, ae6y
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly Jones" <kjones at virtualcohesion.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 10:46 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] I.C.E. vs. Dunestar


> I'm thinking about either getting a set of individual filters or
> possibly an "all in one" bandpass filter but trying to decide which is
> better.  I have experiences with both and from what I've seen, both
> appear to work fine.
>
> Anybody care to comment?  I see Dunestar costs slightly more than I.C.E.
> Are they worth the extra cost?
>
> 73
> Kelly - N0VD