Hello Billy, Saw ur thread and just wanted to wish u and urs a Merry almost
over xmas and Happy New Year. I don't hear you on 2m any more. Chuck and Don
Moore on daily. Chuck is completly rebuilding towers and etc.. after tornado in
spring. Also Steve Daniels is selling off some outside hardware. Anyway 73,
Roger Hughes w4iv, murfreesboro, tn
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Billy Cox" <aa4nu@ix.netcom.com>
Reply-To: tentec@contesting.com
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 11:34:40 -0600
>Bill,
>
>Again, congrats on your contesting scores/effort.
>
>You continue to create straw men ... with lots of what-if's
>such as the time the M/x staffed the bands/etc. Ditto as
>to the prop/etc. As my prof used to say, beware the sample
>size of one ... stats can be used to "justify" about anything.
>
>Wonder why KC1XX and others are still using other gear
>as the norm after almost 2 years. For most of those guys,
>the $3.5k price point is probably NOT the deciding factor
>when you look at the total station investment ... These guys
>aren' t dumb ... many of their stations represent the top tier
>of contest station design. If they thought the advantage was
>that solid ... Orions would be on every desk there? Mnnn.
>
>Maybe by next season we'll see that ... not just at KC1XX,
>but across the board ... competition is competition.
>
>The PVRC database is interesting, let's see how the % mix
>of what gear is really used compares in the future. Otherwise,
>it is simply going to be yours verses my subjective opinions ...
>
>BTW, once again, for the SSB op ... Yaesu have NO clicks. B-)
>
>Maybe while W4BQF's Titan III is as TT (how many times
>has it blown up now?), they will find out that it is somethng
>in THAT amp which is causing his Orion to fault out ... then
>again why do we have a $3.5k amp that won't stay together.
>
>Things like this ... indicate there's room for improvement as
>to the why certain problems keep occuring. Recall your TQC
>statement ... what's repeated failures on the T-3 indicate?
>
>Bill, your a great op ... can't for a moment believe that you
>would not have placed at the top, even without the Orion!
>
>Merry Christmas to you and your family ...
>
>73 Billy AA4NU
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