[CQ-Contest] RE: so2r off the shelf?

[David Robbins]

Again I thank everyone who replied to the original question I posed
about so2r equipment that I could get off the shelf.  I have finally
filtered and read the replies and summarized them on my web site at
http://www.k1ttt.net/technote/tworadio.html.  In this summary I have
left out replies that said things like: 'go to this website for
everything', or 'I know xxx uses this stuff', or 'switch to writelog and
use their unique stuff', or 'trlog is better', or 'I have a great
homebrew setup', or 'these look good on the web site, but I have never
used them'.  I am also leaving out the ones that went on about how to
setup filters and stubs, as I stated I am presently set up for m/m
operation so I know about filtering, what I am looking for is how to
switch everything the best way for so2r.  If you want to review the
whole thread it is available in the archives of course.


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: yccc-admin at yccc.org [mailto:yccc-admin at yccc.org] On Behalf Of
David
> Robbins
> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 15:06
> To: YCCC
> Subject: [YCCC] so2r off the shelf?
> 
> 
> I hate to reinvent the wheel, don't have a lot of time to homebrew or
> put together kits, and don't know much about operating so2r besides
what
> I have seen from a few guest operators.  But I am ready to buy the
stuff
> needed to make a better so2r setup option on my m/m station.  I am
> looking to buy as much as possible, preferably including cables
already
> made up.
> 
> The equipment would be:
> 2x ft-1000mp
> heil proset headset
> ct or na logging software
> dvp board for voice keying
> aea morsemachine or other external keyer(s)
> each band has its own coax coming in to the table
> 
> What I am looking for are suggestions for 2 or 3 things:
> 1. a headset/keyer/mic/dvp switch with cables
> 2. a 6 antenna to 2 radio antenna switch with band decoder for each
> radio and control cables.
> 3. a 6 band 2 radio bandpass filter switch for between the radios and
> amps, or possibly two separate switched bandpass filters with cables
and
> decoder.
> 
> Could one decoder run both the antenna switch and bandpass filter
> switch?
> 
> What is available off the shelf to do this?
> 
> What are the pro's and con's of different models that are available,
if
> there are choices?
> 
> Is it better to run 1 computer or 2??  Why??
> 
> 
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
> 
> 
> 
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