[CQ-Contest] TenTec Orion questions regarding SO2R suitability

[Bill Coleman]

On 5/9/03 3:06 AM, DF3KV at aol.com at DF3KV at aol.com wrote:

>aa4lr at arrl.net wrote:
>
>> Whoever is the first manufacturer to pack two quality receivers and one 
>> transmitter into a single box will sell a ton of them.
>> 
>Probably yes if also all double-bandpassfilters and antennaswitches
>are in that box as well  ;-)
>
>Integrated linears would be even better...

You don't need all that for SO2R. Band filtering is nice, and might be 
quite desirable with certain antenna configurations. Particularly if you 
are running high power. But, with low power, good antenna separation and 
good receivers, the filtering isn't needed.

And there are an awful lot of contesters out there who don't even own a 
linear.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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