Re: [TenTec] Rigs at WRTC

[Carl Moreschi <n4py3@earthlink.net>]

There's a couple of reasons why there were no Flex radios in the contest.

1) The older Flex 5000 and 3000 suffer from what Rob calls the "Field 
day problem".  This is when very strong signals from very close stations 
cause the front end to collapse.  The Flex 5000 and 3000 have this problem.
2) This is fixed in the Flex 6000 series but the operation of the Flex 
6000 series is so different that it will take a few years before world 
class operators have used them enough to be comfortable with them.
The Flex 6000 series offers a big advantage in the ability to not only 
see the band you are on but also monitor other bands so you know when to 
change bands.  I do believe in the next WRTC 4 years from now, you will 
see some people using these new radios.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 7/24/2014 9:52 PM, Duane Calvin wrote:
> I'll just timidly stick my toe into the water on this one - I think you will
> see more Flex-6xxx radios in the mix once their software becomes more
> mature.  Pretty amazing radio, I'm finding, and it's just the "workflow"
> that changes in using it.  Right now I consider them a little more "fiddly"
> than you'd want in a major contest, but much of that can and will be
> automated in a useful way.  Still, I agree, several of the big contesters
> here in the central Texas area clung to their TS-850's until it started
> getting hard to find them in decent condition.
>
>         73, Duane
>
> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
> www.ac5aa.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K8JHR
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 7:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Rigs at WRTC
>
> I think it is interesting how many older rigs were used - oldies, but
> goodies.  I contest and do special events with a guy who would populate
> the whole contest shack with TS-850s if he could.  Seems like Rick once
> said the Germany contest crowd like that model, also.
>
> Interesting that 5 of the 6 radios used by the top three teams were
> ICOMs.  Guess we cannot count them out of the game any more than any
> other mfr, although I see no Flex or other brand SDRs on the list.
>
> Also, I see a pair of Orion II in the field - used by W4UH, and AD4Z
> (who owns a K3) - interesting he used an Orion II for the big event.
> Makes me proud to own one.  (heavy sigh... sniff...)   ;-)
>
>
> All in good fun.  All good radios.  All good operators.
>
>
> I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO KNOW THE LIST OF CODE KEYS USED in the contest.  I
> am sure that list is far more varied!
>
>
>
>       ------------------ K8JHR ----------------------
>
>
>
> On 7/24/2014 7:42 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> > 4 - IC7800
> > 6 - IC7600
> > 1 - IC7700
> > 4 - IC756-3
> > 8 - FTDX5000
> > 2 - FT1000D
> > 2 - FT3000
> > 6 - FT1000MP
> > 7 - TS590
> > 1 - TS850
> > 2 - Orion II
> > 75- Elecraft K3
> >
> > I'd heard that some of the 7600s were loaned by Icom. That's
> > unconfirmed. The team of AD4Z and W4UH (W1T) used the Orions.
> >
> > 73, Jim K9YC
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