Topband: Rig Question

[Carl]

And with the leisurely pace of SS it could probably be done today minus the 
spotting networks that many deny using in all contests.

The last SS I operated was as a guest op in the far west
burbs of Chicago in 71 or 72. With 2 towers and 5el monobanders 10-20 and 2 
el on 40 a sweep was easy but boring. The rig was a Galaxy 5 and Hunter 
2000B.....far from high end state of the art.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Schoenbohm" <herbs at vitelcom.net>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Rig Question


> 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
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