- 1. [CQ-Contest] Station Upgrades (score: 1)
- Author: chrisb@waveinter.com (Chris Blakely)
- Date: Thu Jun 8 20:48:12 2000
- Hi, as a little pistol (TS430S w/ 3 el tribander @10m and wires and a small amp) I was wondering if my limited funds would be better spend on newer/better antenna's or buying one of the newer and bet
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2000-06/msg00175.html (7,563 bytes)
- 2. [CQ-Contest] Station Upgrades (score: 1)
- Author: l38217@alfa.ist.utl.pt (Pedro Pedroso)
- Date: Fri Jun 9 15:46:48 2000
- Hi ! ALWAYS give priority to the antennas ! they make the difference, not the radios. Get yourself a 40m beam and elevate your 80m dipole at the maximum you can. 73 de CT1ELP Pedro Pedroso -- -- -- C
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2000-06/msg00178.html (8,929 bytes)
- 3. [CQ-Contest] Station Upgrades (score: 1)
- Author: n0kk@pclink.com (n0kk Kirk)
- Date: Thu Jun 8 22:47:13 2000
- chris, IMO...think id find a good condition IC 765 and use the rest to improve the antenna farm as best possible.good luck! Kirk n0kk small -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-conte
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2000-06/msg00179.html (8,201 bytes)
- 4. [CQ-Contest] Station Upgrades (score: 1)
- Author: nd5s@ix.netcom.com (Ron St.Laurent)
- Date: Thu Jun 8 21:54:18 2000
- As nice as the new rigs are, on the receiving end it is near impossible to tell the difference between the guy using the old Heathkit or a top of the line new unit if both are being used correctly. T
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2000-06/msg00180.html (8,557 bytes)
- 5. [CQ-Contest] Station Upgrades (score: 1)
- Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
- Date: Thu Jun 8 21:48:11 2000
- Great question! I'd spend any new funds on antennas. If you've got a trap-tribander, replacing it with something like a C-3/4 will add a bunch of performance to your operation (the numbers are in our
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2000-06/msg00181.html (8,138 bytes)
- 6. [CQ-Contest] Station Upgrades (score: 1)
- Author: rthorne@tcac.net (Richard Thorne)
- Date: Thu Jun 8 20:26:38 2000
- Hi Chris: The antennas are the way to go in my book. Maybe you could get some used antennas and still have enough for a new rig too. -- 73, Richard Thorne - N5ZC (Ex. KA2DSY, N2BHP, WB5M) Amarillo, T
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2000-06/msg00182.html (8,150 bytes)
- 7. [CQ-Contest] Station Upgrades (score: 1)
- Author: kl7ra@ptialaska.net (KL7RA Fairbanks, Alaska)
- Date: Sat Jun 10 07:46:42 2000
- Hi Chris You gave an either/or choice for upgrade. Surely antennas would be better then a new radio. If your intent is to increase the qso count after a 48 hour contest then you might look at it agai
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2000-06/msg00186.html (8,054 bytes)
- 8. [CQ-Contest] Station Upgrades (score: 1)
- Author: david@aslin.demon.co.uk (David Aslin)
- Date: Sat Jun 10 15:21:45 2000
- Chris, at the risk of underscoring and adding highlighter to what's already been written, spend all the bucks you can on getting a better antenna, up higher - the rig can come later. My contesting fu
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2000-06/msg00187.html (10,754 bytes)
- 9. [CQ-Contest] Station Upgrades (score: 1)
- Author: coopersg@odl.co.uk (Stewart Cooper)
- Date: Mon Jun 12 09:38:47 2000
- Whilst this is probably one of the most fundemental and interesting questions asked for a while, I'm probably not the only one who's going to say this... I can't agree that a 3 second band-change is
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2000-06/msg00189.html (10,695 bytes)
- 10. [CQ-Contest] Station Upgrades (score: 1)
- Author: la5he@yahoo.no (ragnar otterstad)
- Date: Tue Jun 13 01:07:30 2000
- I have not seeen mentioned one thing which can improve your station, and that is what goes on between your ears. If you can upgrade your CW capabilities so can can read the DX stations, even at high
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2000-06/msg00190.html (8,034 bytes)
- 11. [CQ-Contest] Station Upgrades (score: 1)
- Author: kc5ajx@hotmail.com (Rick Bullon)
- Date: Mon Jun 12 23:03:05 2000
- Hello all. I didn't,t get in on the start of this thread, But I can't agree on the statements in the post below. First the real and easiest answer IS antenna improvements if you can't hear em you can
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2000-06/msg00191.html (23,042 bytes)
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