Topband: Rig Question

[Herb Schoenbohm]

On 6/19/2014 1:30 PM, Carl wrote:
> ** Perceptions, pressure, freebies all play into the picture. I wont 
> disagree the K3 has a good receiver, especially for CW but GOOD 
> DXpedition/contest ops have contended with worse for decades and set 
> new records
I remember when Chip, K7JA, paid me a visit in the early 80's carrying 
along a new Yaesu FT-101EE and broke all records in the ARRL SS by 
winning for the first time won both the Phone and the CW in the same 
year as first place high scorer.  Much of this can be chalked up to a 
very good operator, second to a good location and rare multiplier, and 
lastly to the radio.  The purists at the time teased Chip's use of an 
inexpensive "rice box" as the FT-101 was called back then.  Few would 
even list today such a radio as something they used.

Herb Schoenbohm., KV4FZ