[CQ-Contest] 1 radio vs. 2 radios

[Richard L. King]

At 07:53 PM 8/5/97 -0400, K5RC wrote:
>I admire anyone who can effectively use two radios. It is a real competititve
>edge. I have a problem chewing gum and sending at the same time.
>
>On Saturday afternoon of NAQP CW, I took time to listen to one very well
>known contester operate "full duplex" on 20 and 40, moving people back and
>forth, CQing on both bands, working people on both bands and handling the
>whole thing very badly (which is what caught my attention in the first
>place).
>
>This activity goes a little beyond "pushing the envelope," but it is an
>inveitability of two radios. As with other blatent activities, my question is
>"What's the point" and hope that we can exert enough peer pressure to let the
>"super-ops" develop their dexterity with two radios while discouraging
>full-duplex operation.
>
>Tom Taormina, K5RC/7

Tom, the peer pressure you mentioned doesn't exist unless you are willing
to name the station/operator you observed. Otherwise it is just a whisper
in the wind that will be ignored.

How about it? Who did you hear running full duplex?

73, Richard
K5NA at BGA.COM
http://www.realtime.net/~k5na


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