[CQ-Contest] Basic SO2R

Dave Lawley dave at g4buo.com
Sun Nov 17 14:55:57 EST 2013


That's not the only way to use SO2R. When starting out, it's fine just to use the second radio to spot band openings and to fill up the band map on the next band prior to a QSY. 

73, Dave G4BUO (M6T next weekend)

> As someone who has spent the past 15 years doing SO2R Low Power, I can give
> you a few comments from my perspective:
> 
> - I find that SO2R only helps if the rhythm can be reasonably maintained
> between the CQing and grabbing Qs on the second radio.  If you spend call
> after call after call, trying to work the second radio Q, your CQing rate
> will suffer, even if the CQing rate is fairly slow.  So there is a point
> where SO2R can potentially be less effective than SO1R.  

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