[LCC] rig preferences

Fri Jul 16 16:39:29 EDT 2010

( i changed the subject line, if you guys dont mind )
i chose the flex3000 because it comes with all the roofing filters a guy willever need. NONE !! ( full SDR/DSP rigs convert rf straight to audio, virtually )instead, you use RAM, L-2 Cache, & processor power....and some greatsoftware.
and because my old ft-107's were dying. and the F3k rates pretty high for lessmoney, especially used, than the other top performers on Sherwoods site.
and, i had fooled with a soft rock IF on my FT-107 and saw what a REAL panadapterlooks like. it spoils you REAL fast. K5LC was nice enough to loan me his Pro 2for cw SS last year, but it was too late. no comparison on the panadapters. but you DO have to have a better-than-average PC, i admit...which is not free..
i'm probably out in left field (again), as there seem to be NO top finishers usingflex radios, YET....so are you a leader or a follower ??
we flexers DO have our growing pains....ok, i'll be quiet..
except: money spent on towers, antennas, feedlines, and rotators, IF you canput them up, pays back fast, and big time...
73 all, w5xz, dan

--- On Fri, 7/16/10, Steve Lott <lottsphoto at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Steve Lott <lottsphoto at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [LCC] low band antenna experience
To: "Keith" <Keith at nelasat.com>
Cc: lcc at louisianacontestclub.org
Date: Friday, July 16, 2010, 10:26 AM

My point of view is Yes the K3 is the state of art radio

The FT-1000MP is not that far down in performance

The cost to benifit ratio for many, including my self is currently
placing the FT-10000MP as the radio of choice (esp since any change would be adding Two K3's)

The small performance difference between a K3 and an FT-1000MP
can be easily made up by a skilled op and while the Radio Sport teams were restricted to use of the antennas provided
most ops can increase their station performance thru better antennas, than they can thru purchase of the latest and greatest rig.

The Top performing rigs are so close together that most amateurs will not benifit greatly enough to justify
throwing money at a new rig

That said,  yes there is a K3 in my future just not right now
My priorities are....... 

*   better receive antenna performance
*   a log periodic  (possibly a summer)
*   increasing the height of two of my current towers
*   continued maintenance on my current antenna farm

cheers !

Steve
KG5VK

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Keith <Keith at nelasat.com> wrote:

Just think of what their scores would have been if they had K3's!!!!

Keith, K5ENS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Marshall Stewart 
To: 'Keith' ; lcc at louisianacontestclub.org 

Cc: lottsphoto at gmail.com 
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 9:20 AM
Subject: RE: [LCC] low band antenna experience

My point was simple too.  “The reviews state….” describes the use of K3s by a majority of participants in the WRTC2010 competition.  The rest of the story is that 3 of the 5 top WRTC2010 teams used FT-1000MPs.

Marsh, KA5M       

From: Keith [mailto:Keith at nelasat.com] 

Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 7:19 AM
To: Marshall Stewart
Cc: lottsphoto at gmail.com

Subject: Re: [LCC] low band antenna experience

My point to Mark using Icom 756 Pro II's was simple.  Your antenna system only gets you so far. Admittedly a long way. The Elecraft K3 is a great radio for pulling out weak signals or signals that are near the noise level or close in working with crowded bands during contests.  You need a great receiver to do that and the K3 has one of the best.

Keith, K5ENS

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Marshall Stewart 

To: 'Keith' ; lcc at louisianacontestclub.org 

Cc: Steve Smith KG5VK 

Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 8:09 PM

Subject: RE: [LCC] low band antenna experience

Or, you could use an FT-1000MP like the 1st and 2nd place team used….

It's all down to your ears

via G4ILO's Blog by Julian on 7/15/10

There was a lot of excitement on the Elecraft email reflector over the fact that the majority of participants in the World Radio Team Championship 2010 (WRTC 2010) were using Elecraft K3s. There was even more glee when it was discovered that Scott Robbins W4PA, former Ten-Tec product manager, and Tim Duffy K3LR of Team Icom had taken K3s. This was like the President of Coca Cola serving Pepsi at his anniversary party!

There have not been many comments now the results are out, which show that the top two teams, from Russia and Estonia respectively, were using FT-1000MPs. The USA team of N6MJ and KL9A in third place used K3s, as did K5ZD and W2SC who came fifth, but the fourth placed S50A and S57AW again used FT-1000MPs as did the Lithuanian entry in seventh place.

So let's get this straight: the winning stations and several others in the top ten used a now obsolete radio that was introduced in 1996 which has frequently been criticized as inferior to the K3? I suspect the fact that many international competitors took K3s may have more to do with the fact that the Elecraft radio is small enough and light enough to be taken on an aircraft as hand baggage. And I suspect that the reason for the success of the stations using FT-1000MPs is that there is more to winning a contest than having a receiver with the best performance numbers.

Anyone want to swap an Elecraft K3 for an FT-1000MP? (Only joking.) 

From: lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org [mailto:lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org] On Behalf Of Keith

Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:20 PM
To: lcc at louisianacontestclub.org

Subject: Re: [LCC] low band antenna experience

Maybe you could gain by the use of Elecraft K3's....

The reviews state.... 
There is no transceiver in the amateur marketplace that has the close-in dynamic range performance of the K3 with narrow roofing filters installed, and most aren’t close to the K3.

Also noted was.
Radios used at last weeks WRTC2010 competition:
"lists that Scott Robbins, 
the Ex-Product Manager of the Ten Tec Orion transceiver 

product line, brought with him, for his personal use... 

...An Elecraft K3! 

That's like Col. Sanders going to Chick-Fil-A for lunch!  Or 
Papa John ordering Pizza Hut for Dinner! 

And, contesting Jedi and CQ WW Champion Multi Multi station 

owner Tim Duffy, who operates the defacto "NASCAR Factory 
Team" for Icom (complete with "Team ICOM" uniforms), and who 
apears in advertisements touting the superior performance of 
the Icom 7XXX line of transceivers, brought with him for his 

personal use... 

...An Elecraft K3! 

That's like Dale Earnhardt bringing a Toyota Camry to drive 
in the Daytona 500!   

The list is sort of like discovering that Bill Gates uses 
an Apple Mac Book running OS/X to do Microsoft presentations 

with! 

Now, we all know that the invitees to this party could 
afford to bring *anything* they wanted to bring.  Im also 
sure that any rig manufacturer would have been happy to 
supply them with anything they wanted, just for the 

asking... 

But they both showed up with K3's.  So did most of the 
competitors!   

Why?"....

Doesn't take much thought,

Keith, K5ENS

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