<html><head><style type="text/css">body {word-wrap: break-word; background-color:#ffffff;}</style></head><body><div style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px">Makes me glad i have a couple of those R4Cs with the Sherwood mods. In fact all weekend i have been using my R4C/T4XC combo for a change of pace. Brings back college memories in Tiger Town. <br>George K4GM<br><br><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px"><i><font color="#333333">Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless</font></i></span></font></div><br><br>-----Original message-----<br><blockquote style="; border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><b>From: </b>"Mark, K5ER" <k5er@arrl.net><b><br>To: </b>lcc@louisianacontestclub.org<b><br>Sent: </b>Sun, Jul 25, 2010 15:22:24 GMT+00:00<b><br>Subject: </b>[LCC] K3 vs. R-4C MDS measurements<br><br></div>Hi Randy,<br> Thanks for bringing this info to the list. Charlie, WA5YOU and a few others talked about this years ago. I didn't fully grasp its usefulness and importance until I became interested in contesting. It has been talked about at Contest University in Dayton, and also in a NCJ article a couple of years ago. To me, its also the basis of using antenna such as a K9AY loop or a Beverage, where you get some directional selectivity, and at the same time, drop the noise floor enough to allow the receiver's dynamic range to work without being overdriven or distorting. Especially when on the low bands, the RF gain and attenuator have become some of the most used functions on my radio. This makes it MUCH less tiring to copy exchanges without having to listen through all the noise.<br> Thanks for your participation in the LCC list!<br><br>73,<br>Mark, K5ER<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>>More forwarded from an email discussion between Tom, W4YOK in Plano, TX >and his friend Randy Parmer, W8FN in Arlington, TX concerning a shootout >between a super Drake R4C and Elecraft K3. We're sort of like -- >eavesdropping.<br>>randy K4LJA -- an interested observer.<br>> >---------------------------------------------<br>><br>><br>>Receiver sensitivity is probably the easiest thing to achieve and the >least useful to have at HF. ....<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>LCC mailing list<br>LCC@louisianacontestclub.org<br><a href="http://mail.louisianacontestclub.org/mailman/listinfo/lcc_louisianacontestclub.org">http://mail.louisianacontestclub.org/mailman/listinfo/lcc_louisianacontestclub.org</a><br></blockquote></body></html>