If you are talking about W1ZR, that is
a Paragon in the background,I beleive, and
2 TT amps....way to go OM.....Mark...K8ML---------- Original Message
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From: John Rippey <w3uls@3n.net>
Reply-To: tentec@contesting.com
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:44:38 -0500
>I can imagine a bunch of reasons why most "big guns" use FT-1000MPs, which
>admittedly will be eligible for display at the Smithsonian as museum
>artifacts before long. And the main reason has nothing to do with
>performance. It's familiarity. These folks depend on a bunch of volunteer
>ops descending on their QTH for a weekend of work/play. The only rigs the
>various ops know by heart are those MPs. If a contest station suddenly
>presented these volunteers with a bunch of nifty new software-driven rigs
>to play with, there would be pandemonium as they tried to learn it in a few
>hours/minutes. So I think, oddly, the last people to switch over to
>superior, modern equipment like the ORION or the forthcoming IC-7800 will
>be these "big guns."
>
>The lucky contesters are the single ops who can take the time to learn how
>to take advantage of what software-driven radios can do for them. Meantime,
>Yaesu and the "big guns" seem caught in a time warp.
>
>By the way, has anyone noticed that QST has hired a new tech editor and
>made him responsible for QST rig reviews, and that his main rig at home
>appears to be an OMNI VI? He also operates mainly CW. Miracles never cease
>(I'm talking about the CW preference).
>
>73,
>John, W3ULS
>
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