Jon....Many years ago, a few friends and I trucked up a big hill, and
won our section during the June VHF contest. We barely knew what we were
doing, but... as you said...location, location, location. I found the
Rx to a winning score that weekend.
...Dave
On 7/25/14, 4:29 PM, k6jek wrote:
I thought it was like real estate, location, location, location. Skill and luck
are needed of course but where your are matters a lot, doesn't it?
Jon
On Jul 25, 2014, at 12:42 PM, K8JHR wrote:
Not so fast, Dick Tracy. The argument clearly cuts both ways. A bit of a
dilemma, actually.
The list was, undoubtedly, posted to suggest what is a good contest radio.
But, if, he and you both suggest, the rig is actually immaterial, and it all
turns on operator skill and good fortune, then any discussion of what radio is
used is misplaced. You cannot have both ways. It is inconsistent to say the
rig does not affect the result, and then praise any one or more radios as
better contest radios because operators used them over other options. Either
the rig matters, or it does not. If it matters, then it is a fact 5 of six 6
used by the top three teams were made by ICOM. If it does not matter, we
should not try to draw any conclusion, or make any statement about the radio
based on contest use or result - because, as you say, it does not matter.
From all accounts offered so far, the most likely reason teams chose the K3s,
is it is small light, and easy to travel. If the rig is immaterial, then any
talk about the rig's technical and ergonomic prowess is logically misplaced.
Or, if you want to say the rig matters, then we are back to the fact the ICOMs
stole the show.
------------------ JHR -------------------------
On 7/25/2014 9:57 AM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
This discussion by Jim, Rick, Carl and others is VERY interesting
regarding WRTC.
The list of radios, brands and models and the number of each, including
the logging programs used, adds tremendous creditability solely to the
operators. Again it to me points out the radio becomes a somewhat minor
part of the success equation. The major part clearly is the operators
and their efficiency in the process using the chosen tools at hand.
Jim, K9YC, did a fine analysis of various parameters supporting the
final results.
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