[Elecraft] WRTC 2014 - Congratulations, Elecraft!...(and firmware update)

[Arlen Fletcher]

A little number crunching of the results (because that sort of thing appeals to me... (the XYL says, "There's something seriously wrong with you.")) tends to support the idea that the hardware is not the primary factor for this contest. The results below are somewhat suspect in that only 'Radio 1' was considered, and all of the QSO's were attributed to that radio. (A better approach might be to split the number of QSO's between Radio 1 and Radio 2. I might dedicate some brain cycles to that.)
 
Interestingly, of the teams that made use of K3's for Radio 1, six of them used another brand for Radio 2, whereas teams that used something other than a K3 for 'Radio 1' didn't (with only a single exception (W1B)) make use of a K3 for 'Radio 2'. 
 
Given the number of K3's in the contest it's not surprising that 68% of all QSO's made were made by K3's. I hope the formatting holds for the table below. If it doesn't, e-mail me and I'll send you my spreadsheet.

Radio 1	Avg # QSOs	Avg Score	Avg CW QSOs	Avg SSB QSOs	Avg HQ QSOs	Avg DX QSOs
FT1000D	3,564	4,212,430	2,230	1,334	145	204
FT1000MP	3,935	4,900,036	3,208	727	136	219
FT3000	3,871	5,308,913	2,892	980	152	235
FTDX5000	3,910	5,330,219	2,968	942	157	240
IC756-3	4,285	5,982,317	3,039	1,246	153	243
IC7600	3,885	 5,635,070	3,110	775	161	234
IC7800	4,382	 5,808,693	3,656	726	167	250
K3	3,955	5,308,466	3,054	900	151	233
Orion II	3,622	4,532,602	2,562	1,060	143	219
TS590	3,559	4,433,905	2,796	763	134	221

73
AA7F

On Jul 25, 2014, at 05:28 AM, Barry <w2up at comcast.net> wrote:

I agree completely. The rig and logging software have very to do with the
outcome.

The #1 team probably has a sore back and sore arms, from lugging 7800s there 
:-)

Barry W2UP



Don Wilhelm-4 wrote
        > Yes, very interesting, and I think most of the credit goes to the 
        > operators, rather than the radios.
        > 
        > However, the fact that a very large percentage of these top operators 
        > *choose* to use the Elecraft K3 does say a lot about the desirability of 
        > the K3 for contesting. Whether that be because of the weight, or 
        > because of the performance and operating interface, you would probably 
        > have to ask each K3 operator about his choice.
        > 
        > 73,
        > Don W3FPR





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