I have been doing this for the last number of years when I am SOSB 160.
Using the main VFO on my IC756 I will call CQ and while waiting
for a reply I will spin the second VFO, using split rx, up or down the
band looking for new ones or checking sig levels on a station I haven't
yet been able to work looking for an increase in sig level, which usually
allows him to hear me. Not true SO2R but it definitely helps, after you
get comfortable with it of course.
73 Brian
VE3MGY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
To: "Doug Smith W9WI" <w9wi@earthlink.net>
Cc: "cq-contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SO3R???
> On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 12:02:09AM -0500, Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 16:02, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
> > > I think this is not terribly uncommon amongst serious single-banders
> > > and during single-band contests such as the ARRL 10 Meter Contest.
> > > I've done it (once, poorly) with a setup (at K5TR) that involved a
> > > second receiver that was turned off whenever the main rig transmitted.
> > > When I found a new station to work on the second receiver, I'd plug
> > > the frequency into VFO B of the transceiver, wait for the opportune
> > > moment, go to the B VFO, work the station, and return to the A VFO to
> > > call CQ. It would take a few more steps to make the system really
> > > SO2R, and even then you cannot listen on radio B while radio A is
> > > transmitting, but there are still ways you can make use of two radios
> > > on the same band.
> >
> > Is that really much different from using the other VFO to make a quick
> > multiplier hunt between fruitless CQs?
>
> Actually, yes, what I did above could be done with just a single Yaesu
> FT-1000MP with dual simultaneous receive.
>
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----- Original Message -----
From: <kd4d@comcast.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SO3R??? (fwd)
>
>
>
> Hi Doug and everyone:
>
> SO2R, single-band isn't that uncommon. I've done it twice. The
> big M/M stations, at least, are set up so they can operate two
> radios on one band AND hear when the other station is transmitting.
>
> 73,
>
> Mark, KD4D
> > On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 16:02, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
> > > I think this is not terribly uncommon amongst serious single-banders
> > > and during single-band contests such as the ARRL 10 Meter Contest.
> > > I've done it (once, poorly) with a setup (at K5TR) that involved a
> > > second receiver that was turned off whenever the main rig transmitted.
> > > When I found a new station to work on the second receiver, I'd plug
> > > the frequency into VFO B of the transceiver, wait for the opportune
> > > moment, go to the B VFO, work the station, and return to the A VFO to
> > > call CQ. It would take a few more steps to make the system really
> > > SO2R, and even then you cannot listen on radio B while radio A is
>
> > > transmitting, but there are still ways you can make use of two radios
> > > on the same band.
> >
> > Is that really much different from using the other VFO to make a quick
> > multiplier hunt between fruitless CQs?
> >
> > I guess I figured "SO2R" meant the ability to listen on one radio *while
> > transmitting* on the other one.
>
> > --
> > Doug Smith W9WI
> > Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
> > http://www.w9wi.com
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