<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">an old-timer in baton rouge once told me:<div><br></div><div>"a new rig is like a new girlfriend. you have to know what to touch, and when...."</div><div><br></div><div>enthusiasm for a new receiver helps keeps us interested. but, i always thought a</div><div>great op could sit down i front of any rig and 'pass a good time' in a contest...</div><div>even if he might PREFER a different rig, its still fun. and you still do your best...</div><div><br></div><div>btw, the w8ji key click / noise blanker mods that charlie put in pats Ft-1000's</div><div>seemed to work REAL nice...great job charlie !!</div><div><br></div><div>another thing: i notice a lot of guys have trouble hearing on the low bands with</div><div>the QRN. hot tip: use FAST AGC. i know, its tiring...but remember what</div><div>Cher told her last boyfriend ?</div><div><br></div><div>"GET OVER IT..."
after a while you get used to it..</div><div><br>w5xz</div><div><br>--- On <b>Fri, 7/16/10, Keith <i><Keith@nelasat.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Keith <Keith@nelasat.com><br>Subject: Re: [LCC] low band antenna experience<br>To: "Steve Lott" <lottsphoto@gmail.com><br>Cc: lcc@louisianacontestclub.org<br>Date: Friday, July 16, 2010, 3:49 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1763119629">
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<div><strong><font face="Courier New">"Wining" contest op...hihihi! I have
no antenna farm here in Rayville or anywhere. I live in the middle of the
golf course here in Rayville. All I have at this time is a ground mounted
SteppIR vertical and a fairly good radial system. This makes my station
very difficult. I have all the noise from the vertical and I hear from all
360 degrees. That doesn't stop me from contesting. And my K3 makes it
work. I can hear through the noise and seperate the signals very
well. And having owned an Icom and FT-1000MP Mark V, I know what
hears better under these tuff conditions. Maybe someday I'll get to
operate at a real contest station. As long as I can bring my K3.
hihihi</font></strong></div>
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<div><strong><font face="Courier New">Keith, K5ENS</font></strong></div>
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<a rel="nofollow" title="lottsphoto@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:lottsphoto@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=lottsphoto@gmail.com">Steve
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<div style="FONT:10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 16, 2010 2:00 PM</div>
<div style="FONT:10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [LCC] low band antenna
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<div>Keith</div>
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<div>tell us about your antenna farm</div>
<div>we already know ur running a k3 and an amp</div>
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<div>just wandering what the wining contest op from Rayville, LA is
running</div>
<div>aside from a K3</div>
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<div>steve</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Keith <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Keith@nelasat.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=Keith@nelasat.com">Keith@nelasat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><strong><font face="Courier New">I had a contester tell me once that
nobody with a 3 element tri-bander at 50 feet could WIN a contest. I
agree. I also say that even if you are the loudest station on the
air in order to WIN a contest you still need to hear all the 3 element
tri-banders on the air. QSO's mean points. You aren't going to do that
with a good receiver. You need the best receiver to back up that loud
voice. If you truely want to WIN.</font></strong></div>
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<div><strong><font face="Courier New">Keith, K5ENS</font></strong></div>
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