[TenTec] Rigs at WRTC

[Duane Calvin]

I'll just timidly stick my toe into the water on this one - I think you will
see more Flex-6xxx radios in the mix once their software becomes more
mature.  Pretty amazing radio, I'm finding, and it's just the "workflow"
that changes in using it.  Right now I consider them a little more "fiddly"
than you'd want in a major contest, but much of that can and will be
automated in a useful way.  Still, I agree, several of the big contesters
here in the central Texas area clung to their TS-850's until it started
getting hard to find them in decent condition.

	73, Duane 

Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
www.ac5aa.com  




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Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 7:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Rigs at WRTC

I think it is interesting how many older rigs were used - oldies, but 
goodies.  I contest and do special events with a guy who would populate 
the whole contest shack with TS-850s if he could.  Seems like Rick once 
said the Germany contest crowd like that model, also.

Interesting that 5 of the 6 radios used by the top three teams were 
ICOMs.  Guess we cannot count them out of the game any more than any 
other mfr, although I see no Flex or other brand SDRs on the list.

Also, I see a pair of Orion II in the field - used by W4UH, and AD4Z 
(who owns a K3) - interesting he used an Orion II for the big event. 
Makes me proud to own one.  (heavy sigh... sniff...)   ;-)


All in good fun.  All good radios.  All good operators.


I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO KNOW THE LIST OF CODE KEYS USED in the contest.  I 
am sure that list is far more varied!



     ------------------ K8JHR ----------------------



On 7/24/2014 7:42 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> 4 - IC7800
> 6 - IC7600
> 1 - IC7700
> 4 - IC756-3
> 8 - FTDX5000
> 2 - FT1000D
> 2 - FT3000
> 6 - FT1000MP
> 7 - TS590
> 1 - TS850
> 2 - Orion II
> 75- Elecraft K3
>
> I'd heard that some of the 7600s were loaned by Icom. That's
> unconfirmed. The team of AD4Z and W4UH (W1T) used the Orions.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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