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.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Schimelpfenig" <k7sv@adelphia.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 00:26
Subject: [CQ-Contest] several contesting questions
> 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 of the National Contesting Journal George K5KG
> did an article comparing the IC746PRO vs the IC756PROII. He said that when
> it comes to the basic receive and transmit capabilities of the two radios,
> they are essentially equal in terms of functionality and performance. I
> happen to use one of the original IC746 (not pro) radios for contesting
from
> home. I'm going to guess that the receiver in the PRO is better than that
in
> the original 746. The front end of the 746 tends to cave in when operated
in
> a band full of loud signals, especially on the lower bands. Aside from
that
> the radio has a lot of features that are very beneficial to me in
> contesting.
>
> In my opinion, you're fortunate to be getting into contesting with the
very
> competitive radio you currently have.
>
> Doug's comment about putting your money in the antennas are right on the
> money.
>
> If you review the contest reflector archives, you will see one theme
> repeated over and over. That is that a skilled operator at a modest
station
> will frequently outgun a less skilled operator at a super station. The key
> is to get in the contests and develop those skills.
>
> I hope you get as much pleasure out of conesting as I have over the past
40
> years.
>
> 73 de Larry K7SV
>
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