In a message dated 11/24/04 3:40:23 AM Greenwich Standard Time,
K6LL@adelphia.net writes:
think Bill understates the cost requirement. If you
are considering
a jump to SO2R, you probably have already come a long
way in building
your SO1R station. If your going to do SO2R, you may as
well do it
correctly right off the bat. Sooner or later, you are
going to end
Nobody said you had to have a first class set up for the second radio. We
are talking an S/P station here...not a run station.
1. An amp is not necessary even if you are using an amp on the first
station. Many guys do not even have an amp on the first station.
2. Although it is nice to have two similar radios, it is not necessary.
Until 1999 I used two different radios successfully. Lots of guys successfully
use an old beater for the second rig because it is all they can afford. TS
930, old TS 820...whatever is OK. Borrowed radio for the weekend.........Free
3. The second antenna need not be a biggie. A vertical is all that is
needed. Switching is by one used Waters A/B switch. It is not necessary to
use
a Six Pack. I didn't get mine until 2001.
4. Filters...K1TTT site. I used, and still do all coax ones made from old
junk coax....cost zero!
5. Band decoders..not necessary. For 15 yerars I used manual, until 2001.
Not optimal, but it worked.
6. 2 radio controller...I am an appliance op. I used the diagram from an
old NCJ and built one in the early 90s and I still use it......$20.
Total cost for above assuming an old TS930.....maybe $500.
The bottom line is you don't have to jump into everything first class. When
we built our first stations, we didn't. Most guys don't do the SO2R route
first class all at once either.
If one doesn't want to do SO2R, fine. But if they do, the cost doesn't have
to any more than $500 or so.
Bill K4XS
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