[Elecraft] K3 - WRTC Customs Pro Forma listings

[Lu Romero]

Incredibly interesting between-the-lines reading here.

>http://www.wrtc2010.ru/press/R3_license_for_SVO.pdf
>http://www.wrtc2010.ru/press/R3_license_for_DME.pdf

What I find amazing in these lists is that Scott Robbins,
the Ex-Product Manager of the Ten Tec Orion transceiver
product line, brought with him, for his personal use...

...An Elecraft K3!

That's like Col. Sanders going to Chick-Fil-A for lunch!  Or
Papa John ordering Pizza Hut for Dinner!

And, contesting Jedi and CQ WW Champion Multi Multi station
owner Tim Duffy, who operates the defacto "NASCAR Factory
Team" for Icom (complete with "Team ICOM" uniforms), and who
apears in advertisements touting the superior performance of
the Icom 7XXX line of transceivers, brought with him for his
personal use...

...An Elecraft K3!

That's like Dale Ernhardt bringing a Toyota Camry to drive
in the Daytona 500!  

This list is sort of like discovering that Bill Gates uses
an Apple Mac Book running OS/X to do Microsoft presentations
with!

Now, we all know that the invitees to this party could
afford to bring *anything* they wanted to bring.  Im also
sure that any rig manufacturer would have been happy to
supply them with anything they wanted, just for the
asking... 

But they both showed up with K3's.  So did most of the
competitors!  

Why? 

Did Eric and Wayne stack the deck by giving away free radios
(the *real* reason for the upcoming price increases, right)?
 But even if I got a free radio, wouldnt I want to use what
I am most familiar operating with and had the highest
possible performance in this important competition? 

Could it be because they would have exceeded their baggage
weight limit if they brought their usual rig?  Or was it
because of the tables supplied for the tents had fragile
light weight legs that could collapse if loaded with 80lbs
of radio?  Or maybe because the organizers would not supply
trucks to take their radios to the tents... Its a really big
field at WRTC, you know.  Lugging a 7800 or a 9000 on your
back for a kilometer could be life threatening to you and
career enhancing for your Chiropractor!

The choices these two guys, as well as most of the other
competitors, made for their personal WRTC competition rig
say alot to me.

-lu w4lt (currently/9V1)-