[Elecraft] WRTC - Rig choices for the contest explained!

[Lu Romero]

All:

Well, I certainly poked a rather large stick into the
Amateur Radio Contesting ant hill, didnt I?  Lots of ants
are scurrying around wondering if my between-the-lines
conjecture is a seachange for some.

Aparently, its not.  

Tim Duffy, K3LR, personally sent me an email regarding my
post's questions (!).  He asked that I relay his reasons for
using a K3 in WRTC to all of you.  I have cut them and
pasted them in this post.  His reasons are certainly
plausible.  They are as follows (the enphasis is not mine,
this is a literal cut and paste):

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K3LR was not the WRTC TEAM LEADER – K3LR was a TEAM MATE
of N2NT. As a TEAM MATE K3LR did not have the final decision
on what radios would be used by our team. K3LR used the
radios that the TEAM LEADER selected.

However, it was good for K3LR to use a K3 (for the first
time). K3LR has been asked many times how a K3 compares to
the Icom IC 7800 and IC 7700. Now K3LR knows the operational
“contest” differences between the Icom radios and a K3. 

So the result is that the K3LR Multi Multi station will STAY
100% Icom IC7800 and IC7700!

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So there you have it.   

I will leave it to others in the contesting ecosystem to add
any more conjecture to my thoughts.  I had valid questions
and opinions, and I got a plausible answer.

This discussion has helped me remember why my wife suggests
that I wear my wedding ring when I travel out of town and
elbows me in the ribs when my flirtations with other ladies
at cocktail parties cross her "line of reasonableness"... 
:)  

Best 73

Lu Romero - W4LT