[CQ-Contest] SO2R

[David Robbins K1TTT]

Not all radios let you listen on another band on the 2nd vfo, and are there
any that really let you listen on the 2nd vfo while you transmit on the
first??  Even on real so2r setups you only transmit on one band at a time...
the big advantage is the instant switch to the other band, and being able to
listen on the 2nd band while you are transmitting on the first.


David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of ku8e
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 01:01
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SO2R
> 
>  Lately I have been doing SO2V (Single-Op 2 VFO's). What I do is set one
> VFO up on the band I am CQing on and the other on another band to S&P.
> When there is a pause in the rate I switch to the other VFO and work
> someone on another band real quick and then switch back to my CQ frequency
> quickly.
> 
> The only disadvantage is that I can't transmit and listen on another band
> at the same time... but it's still better then sitting on one frequency
> like you would doing SO1R and not knowing what's happening on the other
> bands.
> 
> The advantage is you don't need special SO2R boxes and bandpass filters.
> N1MM even has a SO2V mode. Try it out and you will notice an increase in
> your contest scores (and multipliers)
> 
> Jeff KU8E
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