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ON THE AIR THE 200 W FROM THIS RADIO WAS ABLE TO PUNCH THROUGH ANY PILEUP
WITH ITS POWERFUL AUDIO.  THE TRANSMITTED AUDIO IS EXCELLENT AND THE BUILT
IN THREE BAND PARAMETRIC EQUALIZER AND ADJUSTABLE CARRIER OFFSET ALLOW FOR
FULL CUSTOMIZATION TO YOUR VOICE.  I TUNED THE AUDIO AND A HEIL GOLDLINE
MIC WHILE LISTENING ON THE MP.  BY RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK THE 9000DS
TRANSMITTED AUDIO OFF THE MP RECEIVER I WAS ABLE TO FINE TUNE THE SETTINGS
FOR FULL FIDELITY WITHOUT SPLATTERING THE ENTIRE BAND.  ABDULLAH, 9K2GS,
COMPLIMENTED ME ON HOW WELL THE 9000D SOUNDED AND THAT WITH THE HUGE PILE
OF KW STATIONS CALLING MY VOICE JUST SET ITSELF APART FROM ALL OTHERS.  I
ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH OTHER STATIONS FAMILIAR WITH THE SOUND OF MY
VOICE AND THEY ALL GAVE EXCELLENT REPORTS.  SUNDAYS BAND CONDITIONS WERE
NOT AS GOOD AS SATURDAYS.  I RAN STATIONS IN THE NEW ENGLAND QSO PARTY AND
HAD NO PROBLEMS CREATING MINI PILEUPS IN THIS SMALL BUT POPULAR CONTEST.  I
ALSO WORKED SEVERAL DOZEN ITALIAN STATIONS IN THE ARI CONTEST.  WHILE
NEITHER OF THESE EVENTS COULD PROVIDE CROWDED BAND CONDITIONS SUCH AS THOSE
FOUND IN THE ARRL DX OR CQ WORLD WIDE CONTESTS, I WAS ABLE TO CHECK OUT THE
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UA3FT/356 UR5WA/336 UY5ZZ/330 VE1YX/341 VE3WT/333 VK3EGN/327 VK5MS/379
VK5QW/333 W0GJ/338 W0RXL/340 W0ULU/337 W1DF/337 W1KG/351 W1ZT/336 W2LK/335
W2OB/346 W2ZI/336 W4DKB/341 W4DOU/347 W4EB/332 W4LIA/329 W4PKU/329 W4SW/336
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