I'd argue against that I'm the master at SO2R RTTY. There are many others
equal or better than myself and understand some SO2R
techniques better than me - W2UP, K3MM, KI1G, just to name a few off the top of
my head. I know there are others.
I may be the first, or one of the first to have ever operated SO2R RTTY, but I
did so to compete against WB5HBR and AB5KD (now K5DJ)
who had amplifiers and yagis. My first goal was to win something in W5-land.
I started SO2R RTTY with a homebrew indoor 20M
coaxial dipole stapled to the ridge of an attic in a single story house and a
CB whip for 10 meters. My radios were a Drake TR4C
and a Yaesu FT-101. That was over 25 years ago and nobody seemed to complain
that I was competing against them in the same class
when they were using just one radio. I guess that's because I wasn't winning.
In the 1993 ARRL RTTY Roundup, I used SO2R for the first time in a major
contest effort and increased my score 41% over my 1992
score. However, I don't remember which antennas I was using in 1992 or 1993.
I know I had an A3S on a pushup pole at 25 ft in '93.
I don't know if I had the beam in '92. Also in '93 had at least one Icom
IC-751A running FSK with a narrow 250 Hz filter which I'm
sure helped increase the score as well. So this 41% increase is only a number
which really means nothing in the realm of score
increase with SO2R. There are just too many factors and everyone's situation
is different to know how SO2R might affect a score
over SO1R.
73, Don AA5AU
http://www.aa5au.com
http://www.rttycontesting.com
-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of JT Croteau
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 8:38 PM
To: RTTY@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] single op, 1 radio, 2 recvrs
On 10/16/07, Bill Turner <dezrat@copper.net> wrote:
> The best two-radio expert of all (arguably) is Don, AA5AU..
Well, as much as I like and respect Don, this is debatable. Don is probably
the master at RTTY SO2R but overall I'd have to rank
Tree a notch higher. *grin*
--
JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx)
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