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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Or, you could use an FT-1000MP like the 1<sup>st</sup>
and 2<sup>nd</sup> place team used….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://blog.g4ilo.com/2010/07/its-all-down-to-your-ears.html"
title="http://blog.g4ilo.com/2010/07/its-all-down-to-your-ears.html">It's all
down to your ears</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>via <a href="http://blog.g4ilo.com/"
title="http://blog.g4ilo.com/">G4ILO's Blog</a> by Julian on 7/15/10<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>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!<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yDaKhJLpQjc/TD7fgu4toWI/AAAAAAAAAXI/mYFYsAGTW0M/s1600/ft-1000mp.jpg"
title="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yDaKhJLpQjc/TD7fgu4toWI/AAAAAAAAAXI/mYFYsAGTW0M/s1600/ft-1000mp.jpg"><span
style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=188
id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CB2459.91DDE9C0" style='display:block;
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title="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yDaKhJLpQjc/TD7fgu4toWI/AAAAAAAAAXI/mYFYsAGTW0M/s1600/ft-1000mp.jpg"></span></a>There
have not been many comments now the <a
href="http://www.wrtc2010.ru/result_table.php"
title="http://www.wrtc2010.ru/result_table.php">results are out</a>, which show
that the top two teams, from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Estonia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Anyone want to swap an Elecraft K3 for an FT-1000MP? (Only joking.) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
lcc-bounces@louisianacontestclub.org [mailto:lcc-bounces@louisianacontestclub.org]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Keith<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 15, 2010
12:20 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> lcc@louisianacontestclub.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [LCC] low band
antenna experience</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Maybe you could gain by the
use of Elecraft K3's....</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The reviews state.... <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>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.</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>Also noted was.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>Radios used at last weeks WRTC2010 competition:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>"lists that Scott Robbins, <br>
the Ex-Product Manager of the Ten Tec Orion transceiver <br>
product line, brought with him, for his personal use... <br>
<br>
...An Elecraft K3! <br>
<br>
That's like Col. Sanders going to Chick-Fil-A for lunch! Or <br>
Papa John ordering Pizza Hut for Dinner! <br>
<br>
And, contesting Jedi and CQ WW Champion Multi Multi station <br>
owner Tim Duffy, who operates the defacto "NASCAR Factory <br>
Team" for Icom (complete with "Team ICOM" uniforms), and who <br>
apears in advertisements touting the superior performance of <br>
the Icom 7XXX line of transceivers, brought with him for his <br>
personal use... <br>
<br>
...An Elecraft K3! <br>
<br>
That's like Dale Earnhardt bringing a <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toyota</st1:place></st1:City>
Camry to drive <br>
in the Daytona 500! <br>
<br>
The list is sort of like discovering that Bill Gates uses <br>
an Apple Mac Book running OS/X to do Microsoft presentations <br>
with! <br>
<br>
Now, we all know that the invitees to this party could <br>
afford to bring *anything* they wanted to bring. Im also <br>
sure that any rig manufacturer would have been happy to <br>
supply them with anything they wanted, just for the <br>
asking... <br>
<br>
But they both showed up with K3's. So did most of the <br>
competitors! <br>
<br>
Why?"....<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>Doesn't take much thought,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>Keith, K5ENS<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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