On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:52 AM, <Rsoifer at aol.com> wrote: > Others, > especially serious contesters, will have their own views and I'd be interested in > seeing them. The Orion and K3 are both great contesting radios but the subreceiver in the K3 is actually usable when there are strong signals on the band. 73, Barry N1EU