And with the leisurely pace of SS it could probably be done today minus the
spotting networks that many deny using in all contests.
The last SS I operated was as a guest op in the far west
burbs of Chicago in 71 or 72. With 2 towers and 5el monobanders 10-20 and 2
el on 40 a sweep was easy but boring. The rig was a Galaxy 5 and Hunter
2000B.....far from high end state of the art.
Carl
KM1H
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From: "Herb Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Rig Question
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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