Gary,
There are others involved in the Definitions Committee and the Solomoniac
decisions about what is and what is not an Ultralight, but I was party to
much of the discussion as chairman of Firsts and Records. There was a
real effort on the part of the Committee to separate the "enthusiast
radios" from the "entertainment radios" with the latter
being the only ones considered legit for Ultralight competitions,
records, etc. The reason to split these two categories was that
there are several multi-hundred dollar very sophisticated communications
receivers or tranceivers that fit in a shirt pocket. These enthusiast
radios were deemed too sophisticated to fairly compete with the likes of
the SRF-39FP. One of the characteristics mentioned that identified
an enthusiast radio was the reception of SSB signals... That would appear
to rule out the Grundig G6 Aviator as an Ultralight for competitions and
records, etc. A great little radio from what I hear, tho'.
John B.
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods)
Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production
version)
At 07:19 PM 5/10/2008 +0000, you wrote:
Hello all,
Has anyone tried a Grundig G6 Aviator? It appears to be slightly
smaller than an E100, it's dual conversion, and it has SSB. If it
performs well, it seems like it would be a good addition to the
Ultralight group.
Regards,
Gary
John B.
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods)
Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production
version)
