[CQ-Contest] Rules Question M2 CQ WW

[Helmut Mueller]

Hi guys.

It does! You can use Radio 3 to "steal" band changes from both run radios. More or less 4 QSOs per RUN = 8  QSOs per hour x 48 = 384 extra QSOs and hopefully mults. Sometimes you can squeeze mor QSOs in a band change if the run is slow. 

Anyhow ... you have to PREVENT 3 TX signals at any times. We have seen DQs because of 3 signals on air.

73

Helmut 



> Jamie WW3S <ww3s at zoominternet.net> hat am 9. Oktober 2016 um 03:10 geschrieben:
> 
> 
> I don’t believe M2 allows a mult transmitter (like M/S) ....and you cannot 
> move "freely" , I believe you are limited to 8 band changes per hour....
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Douglas Ruz / CO8DM
> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2016 3:06 PM
> To: Tom Haavisto ; W0MU Mike Fatchett ; CQ Contest
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Rules Question M2 CQ WW
> 
> Well,
> 
> We don´t have so many radios...Only 3 radios...2 RUN and 1 MULT.
> 
> I think the MULT station can MOVE FREELY from band to band without any
> 10minutes limit..It that OK?...Maybe I am wrong. If so, please, let me know.
> 
> I am building a hardware with some relays to avoid 2 TX signals in the same
> band in the case the MULT try work some mults in the same band one of the
> RUN stations are working.
> 
> I hope N1MM or Wintest identify this very clear in the log.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Doug, CO8DM
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Haavisto" <kamham69 at gmail.com>
> To: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <w0mu at w0mu.com>; "CQ Contest"
> <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2016 12:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Rules Question M2 CQ WW
> 
> 
> >I did an M2 at NQ4I a couple of years ago.  We had two radios per band, and
> > a total of six radios.  Two radios per band interlocked - only one could
> > transmit at a time (hardware interlock).  One run radio, one mult radio.
> >
> > When we did a band change - say "radio 1" was going from 10 to 20 meters.
> > We would stop TX on 10 meters, designate 20 meters as "radio 1", and away
> > we went with a different pair of radios.  That was one band change.
> >
> > With M2, you are assisted - allowed to look at the cluster.  We could line
> > up 20 meter mults, ready to go when TX moved to 20.  Once we worked a 
> > bunch
> > of mults of 20, we could then move back to 10 meters (ie radio 1), and 
> > this
> > counted as band change # 2 for radio 1.
> >
> > This activity was independent of what "radio 2" was doing.
> >
> > The TX must be identified in the Cabrillo log file - radio 1 or radio 2.
> > Logging software takes care of this.
> >
> > Does this help?
> >
> > Tom - VE3CX
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 11:40 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I would like some clarification on the Multi 2 transmitter rule.
> >>
> >> From the CQ WW Rules Website:
> >>
> >> *2. Two Transmitters (MULTI-TWO):* A maximum of two transmitted signals 
> >> on
> >> two different bands may be used at any time.
> >>
> >> The log must indicate which transmitter made each QSO.
> >>
> >> Each transmitter may make a maximum of 8 band changes in any clock hour
> >> (00 through 59 minutes).
> >>
> >> Total output power must not exceed *1500 watts* on any band at any time.
> >>
> >>
> >> Line one says Two transmitters.  Does this really mean just two
> >> transmitters per the contest period?  Rig 1 and Rig 2 and you can have as
> >> many receivers as you want and operators but all contacts need to be made
> >> using rig 1 and rig 2?
> >>
> >> W0MU
> >>
> >>
> >>
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