Scott:
The Array Solutions SixPak 6x2 is a good way to select one
antenna to each of two radios.
Also, INRAD is offering a new book on dealing with interstation
interference in SO2R / MM / M2 stations.
Have a look at my compilation of SO2R information and photos
of the way people have physically layed out their stations for
SO2R. There is a link to some Dayton SO2R presentations, and
a link to the book mentioned above.
http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass/Radio/K8ND_SO2R.htm
73,
Jeff Maass jmaass@columbus.rr.com Located near Columbus Ohio
USPSA # L-1192 NROI/CRO Amateur Radio K8ND
Maass' IPSC Resources: http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass/index.html
Circleville USPSA/IPSC: http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass/pcsiipsc.htm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Scott Nichols
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 08:58
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] SO2R Questions
>
>
> I'm in the process of converting my station to SO2R and need some help...
>
> I have 2 MP's, one amp (for now), and one set of antennas (for now)
> consisting of a tri-bander and several dipoles, all fed through one coax
> switch in the shack...
>
> My biggest concern for the moment is antenna selection/switching and
> filtering, so as not to blow up one of the MP's front-ends...Been
> reading everything I can find on this, but unfortunately, I'm don't know
> enough about it to fully understand everything...
>
> I have two main questions:
>
> 1) What are all you SO2R guys doing for antenna switching?
>
> My idea for each radio chain is to have the MP, each followed by a band
> decoder, each followed by a bandpass filter (Dunestar 600?), each
> followed by an amplifier and then the antenna system...What do I use
> between the amplifiers and the antennas to have the correct antenna
> switching performed for each radio? I'm assuming it can be setup to be
> done automatically? If so, how ? The other alternative is to have one or
> two antennas assigned permanently to each of the radios and manually
> switch them with two normal coax switches (one for each radio)?
>
> Second question...
>
> Any advice on which of the SO2R Controllers would be best for me ?
>
> I plan on having a seperate computer for each radio and each
> radio/computer will be setup for RTTY, CW and SSB contesting...
>
> Sorry for the (probable) simplistic sounding questions, but I'm new to
> SO2R and want to set it up right...I'm sure there are a thousand ways of
> doing it, I'd be interested in any ideas...
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> Scott VE1OP
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