[Elecraft] reflections on the WPX contest

[John Morrow]

>
> Having done a lot of filter add-ons to rigs over the years (including
> transplanting &
> cascading ICOM filters into an FT-726R - which have different center
> frequencies),
> I'd be happy to bodge something together instead of sacrificing the
noise
> blanker
> as had been suggested by GI4KSH - I'm afraid the NB is an absolute
> must-have for
> any rig (and might have been necessary to work you in the recent CQ WW
RTTY,
> John ;^).
>

I know that a NB is probably essential in some locations but since I
haven't used
one in earnest since the 'woodpecker' era I would trade the noise
blanker in the
K2 for more skirt selectivity. Using my K2 in  recent cw contests I
found I was
not conscious of the receiver at all I.e just 'work 'em' whereas using
my TS850
I would seem to be always twiddling with its settings. The TS850 has
better filter
skirts (standard KWd  filters) but seems to  more fatiguing than the K2
over
extended operating periods.

73
John Morrow Gi4ksh