I respectfully disagree,
Either radio must be able to be the run radio at any time.
This is maximum flexiblity and truely the best use of two radios.
Jay, WX0B
don.chisholm@home.com wrote:
>
> I, too, have (had) my right radio as the RUN radio and the left radio as the
> S&P radio. However, this thread has provoked me to re-think this setup. I
> am right handed, so naturally my "main" radio went on the right. But would
> it not make sense to have the *left* radio as RUN, because it is manipulated
> less often? That way the S&P radio is on the right and, assuming it is to
> be fiddled with way more frequently, it can be dealt with using the more
> coordinated hand and fingers.
>
> Obviously this would all be reversed if you were left handed. Hmmm . . . .
> .
>
> Don
> WX3M
>
> Don Chisholm
> don.chisholm@home.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <K3BU@aol.com>
> To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2244
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Stacking - it's not just for yagis
>
> >
> > In a message dated 6/26/01 5:04:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> w4pa@yahoo.com
> > writes:
> >
> > > If the radios
> > > are side by side, you always have to have the left
> > > radio in the left ear, and the right in the right
> > > ear. Try running two rigs with the left rig audio
> > > on the right ear and vice versa. Ugh!
> > >
> >
> > I can have each radio on both ears (foot switch or computer controlled),
> or
> > if split, left R on left E, right R on right E and I know which ear
> (sound)
> > is from which radio. Why would I want to have left R on right ear? (Unless
> my
> > ears were defective and needed to specialize my ears for particular mode
> of
> > operation?)
> > That is the whole point of the setup, being able to identify which radio
> is
> > doing what by knowing which ear is hearing it. My ears are so far still
> > working OK.
> > I am specializing on operation with 2R on the same band, and typically
> right
> > R is used for CQing, and left R is used for S&P or for diversity reception
> on
> > CQing frequency if pileups too heavy.
> > My mileage may vary, but is getting better as the kinks are being ironed
> out
> > and whole mess is mastered.
> >
> > Yuri, K3BU
> >
> >
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