On 6/19/2014 1:30 PM, Carl wrote:
** Perceptions, pressure, freebies all play into the picture. I wont
disagree the K3 has a good receiver, especially for CW but GOOD
DXpedition/contest ops have contended with worse for decades and set
new records
I remember when Chip, K7JA, paid me a visit in the early 80's carrying
along a new Yaesu FT-101EE and broke all records in the ARRL SS by
winning for the first time won both the Phone and the CW in the same
year as first place high scorer. Much of this can be chalked up to a
very good operator, second to a good location and rare multiplier, and
lastly to the radio. The purists at the time teased Chip's use of an
inexpensive "rice box" as the FT-101 was called back then. Few would
even list today such a radio as something they used.
Herb Schoenbohm., KV4FZ
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