Hi guys & gals,
I would like to get some advice as regards SO2R operating. My station is not a
super contest station by any stretch of the imagination. So that you have an
idea of what I have let me give a brief breakdown:
Yaesu FT-950
Yaesu FT-857D
Ameritron AL-811A Amp (not used in contests)
Palstar Tuner (Not auto-tune)
Cushcraft A3S @ 34' on a Rohn 25 Tower with a Hazer 2 unit for raising &
lowering the beam
Butternut HF-9V ground mounted w/radials
80 Meter shortened dipole at 30'
I also have a SignaLink USB that is hooked up to my FT-950.
As you can see, a modest setup but it all works pretty well. I live in an
upscale mobile home retirement community, that, thankfully, allows beams and
other antennas.
I'd like to setup a modest SO2R operation for RTTY contesting. I don't know if
my station is equipped well enough to do that. I am considering getting a
DX-Doubler unit and if anybody on the contesting reflectors is using a
DX-Doubler, I'd certainly like to communicate with you about the abilities of
the unit and whether or not it will be all that I need. Or maybe something I
shouldn't even consider.
I have some questions but not really sure what they should be, thus my need for
help from some folks who are using a similar setup. My main contesting program
is Writelog and I also use N1MM. Mainly though, Writelog. I have had success
with both programs and keep them up to date.
I hope to run into some of you during the COQP (Colorado QSO Party) tomorrow
(Sat., Sept. 1).
73,
Dick W0RAA
Sent from my iPad 2
_______________________________________________
RTTY mailing list
RTTY@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rtty
|