[TenTec] Rigs at WRTC

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

One point on radio selection that I suggest trying.  From a generally 
accepted contest radio selection, based on the Sherwood Receiver test data, 
I encourage anyone to import the current chart into EXCEL.  Then sort by 
brand and model and then by any other factor or factors you wish.  Then what 
radio brand or model comes out to be #1.  You'll be surprised.

One other observation on the WRTC radios.  The top three teams radios each 
represents a certain percentage of the entire radio choices.  Of note, some 
63% of the radios were the K-3 model.  Yet only 16.6% of those ended up 
being used by the top three teams.  Something sure seems out of balance.

Yes, I agree, many factors impact ones choice of equipment for the event. 
As one pointed out, two of the K-3's in soft side cases are very light 
weight to transport.  What figure of merit should apply here on this point? 
And familiarity of a radio is another factor of merit although a bit 
difficult to measure.  There are many more factors that go into choices of 
radios not to mention price being one.  Obviously some of the radios used 
were much more expensive than others.  Then there were a couple that placed 
very high that are older and discontinued models yet they still managed to 
present a really decent performance.  This says to me then there is 
something else in the winning equation besides  the latest radio technology.

Certainly appears to me the factors of radio choice, logging software choice 
and familiarity of same and operator skills with the radio and software must 
be balanced to be successful.  Move one out or away and the vector result 
will be downward.

73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Stricker via TenTec" <tentec at contesting.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Rigs at WRTC


By no stretch of the imagination am I a contester, let alone a serious 
contester. I dabble in all the SSB contests, however, and my experience has 
been that once a radio has a minimum level of performance, ease of use winds 
up being more important. Perhaps the laboratory measurements don't really 
tell the whole story:-) The ICOMs are certainly a lot more user friendly 
than the American made radios.

I would much rather use my modified IC-7200 over my Eagle under contest 
conditions and would much rather use my Eagle when I work my regular 
schedules.

OK, now flame me.

Mike, WA1SEO
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