[CQ-Contest] SO3R???

[Kelly Taylor]

Just goes to show there's no better way to encourage innovation than by
telling someone it can't be done...

73, kelly
ve4xt
----- Original Message -----
From: "CT1BOH - José Carlos Cardoso Nunes" <ct1boh at sapo.pt>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 3:42 PM
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] SO3R???


> There are several ways to explore SO3R:
>
> Here is one than can be done from Aruba @P40E:
>
> Radio 1: I'am running on 20 (during night time) beaming USA and EU
> Radio 2: S&P on 15 on a very quiet band beaming west/south looking Pacific
> and Asia long path multipliers
> Radio 3: on and almost dead 10 meter band with no USA or EU propagation,
> transmit an automatic fast CQ or just my Call P40E, right after each TX on
> radio 1, looking for those elusive Pacific or Asia long path or Indian
ocean
> Short path multipliers to call you
>
> Now the trick is when to listen on that radio 3 because you are sharing RX
> with radio 1, which is RUN radio, and you dont want to mess the incoming
> calls?
>
> 1. Dont't RX all the time but look at the S meter, if the radio has a
> spectrum display it's even easier
> 2. RX radio1+radio3 ONLY right after you send other station RST+Zone with
> run radio 1
>
> 73 José
> CT1BOH
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Hanlon, Steve
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 17:57
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] SO3R???
>
>
>
> > Actually it seems to me that incorporating 3rd radio and
> > running SO3R would seem quite a reasonable thing to do.
>
> and then what, you pull a rabbit out of your hat?  i would like to see
> someone use 3 radios in a meaningful way.  i don't see how you can
actively
> use them.  if the 1st radio is calling CQ and you are tuning the second,
are
> you listening for replies on the 1st rig?  maybe that's why when i tried
> answering several calls i just got the same pre-recorded message again and
> again.  so you set the 3rd rig to scan the band and listen to activity?
> what do the headphones look like for that setup.
>
> but the real question is can you work SO3R, log the qso (from which radio
i
> have no idea), and turn the beam all while chewing gum?
>
> -steve hanlon
> KB3KAQ
>
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