my contesting research is progressing (at the expense of CW study) and i have a few questions that might cause a holy war. what makes a good contest radio? - ssb and cw modes are the one's i'm intere
Depends on your budget. If you don't want to break the bank, I'd shop around for a used IC-761, 765, or 775. All three of these are good radios "out of the box", but when properly loaded with filter
as you can get to bullet proof). The two key things which will make or break a good contest radio are a good noise floor (MDS) and adjacent channel blocking (BDR). ARRL has a spot someplace on their
thanks for all the feedback on my questions. when asking about what makes a contest radio, i was looking more for features that make contesting easier, not that i was looking to replace the 746PRO. b
In my opinion, a good antenna makes almost any radio a good contest radio. Spend your money now putting up the biggest baddest antenna you can, even if you have to compromise on the radio for a whil
I don't think one can say that any specific rig is not a contesting radio. Some are much better than others and for my money the most critical element is a decent receiver. In the most recent edition
Quacks Another 40 years of contesting experience from here , YOU gotta hear UM and make UM hear you. Antenna's make up 90 + % of this hobby, contester , DX er , or whatever er. element from in in tha
""thanks for all the feedback on my questions. when asking about what makes a contest radio, i was looking more for features that make contesting easier,"" Steve, I'm new to this contesting game myse
_________________________________________________________ If you ever decide to try RTTY contesting, the IC-746PRO is a superb rig for that mode. It has built-in RTTY filters that are completely sepa
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:16:21 -0500 (GMT-05:00), k1dg@ix.netcom.com wrote: _________________________________________________________ Darn. The secret is out. :-) -- Bill, W6WRT -- The world's top cont
There are PSK31 contests, too! (Whoops, I let another secret out.) 73, Zack W9SZ -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS