Has anyone ever done SO2R with no bandpass filters? I am looking to enhance my contesting experience, especially for those Sunday afternoon doldrums or times when condx really stink (no good bands to
I did this for a couple of years - my main antennas were on a tower about 250 feet from an HF9 vertical. I was running over 1 KW to them, and 100 watts to the HF9. Did no damage - what's that adage a
I have no problem to do SO2R at 100W without filters. With my second antenna about 100m away and much lower then the main yagis I can do it even in the same band. 73 Peter Has anyone ever done SO2R w
Hi Mike - Pete and others have made some good suggestions. SO2R without filters is certainly possible. Many have done it, including myself. You can proceed risk-free with a simple test. Transmit on o
Sure, but the success rate will depend on the radios, the antennas, and their proximity. Those are very big variables, so the success rate varies a lot. :) If both radios are K3s (which have very low
My bad story is using a KW into a tribander with an 40m inverted V fed two feet under the tribander. My second receiver in an ICOM IC-730, no filter, using the 40m ant, and tuned to a separate band,
Buy the W2VJN book from Inrad. It will explain everything: http://www.qth.com/inrad/book.htm But in a nutshell, just try it. It sounds like you have both horizontal and vertical antennas, which will
The amount of work a guy may want to put into checking out the setup for isolation is in direct proportion to the cost of getting a potentially expensive RX repaired. My view is that until you have T
I'm curious, This conversation has been interesting for sure. But I wonder if the risk of damage has or is being exaggerated some. Reason thinking this is for one thing. What is gonna happen in a lit
I highly recommend a re-read of Jeff AC0C's comments !!!! Frying a rcvr is easier than most think ! iow I have been there and done that, most hard lessons are not easily forgotten :) Buy the INRAD Bo
All good advice, Jeff. On a county expedition for CQP several years ago, N3ZZ fried the front end of his K3. W2VJN's excellent book is a great reference. 73, Jim K9YC On Tue,6/16/2015 3:14 PM, Jeff A
If they were using 1975-vintage radios, with vacuum tube front ends, I'm not surprised there was no damage. And if there was damage, I wonder if the typical, non-contester, Field Day operator would e