•K8RRH & I
purchased new Drake R-4Cs in the late 70s
•Used them
during the ARRL 160m CW contest
•Radios performed miserably yet Specs
Were Good
•70s: League expanded testing to include Noise Floor
& Dynamic Range, new
concepts for the amateur.
•R-4C tested well for Dynamic Range, but flunked CW contest 101
•Was the wrong thing being tested or did the test not approximate a real amateur environment, especially
a CW contest
environment?