[CQ-Contest] Question for Experienced SO2R Ops
Dick Green WC1M
wc1m at msn.com
Tue Jun 1 12:22:34 EDT 2004
> My radios are equal - two of the same model, into two amps
> that are approximately the same power, antennas switched by
> band by the SixPak, so any radio can be either run or S/P
> immediately as needed. Makes those band changes sometimes
> not a change of anything. Run on 15, S/P 20, want to switch
> them? Hit Alt-R on TR-Log and now I am running on 20 and S/P
> on 15. Most antenna switching, fooling with rigs, tuning
> amps are eliminated unless I go to a different band - and
> even then it's only changing the band on the rig, a fast knob
> turn on the amp and clicking the SixPak. What a time saver.
> And that's what contesting
> is: an efficiency study.
Better yet, add a pair of band decoders to the SixPak and you don't have to
do any antenna switching at all! BTW, Writelog has a "switch VFOs" command
that makes it easy to swap roles.
73, Dick WC1M
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