[CQ-Contest] PJ4G ARRL DX SSB Recording by N2IC

[Jim Stahl]

Using two frequencies was never a huge issue in CW contests. In those there are far more available “channels”, and you can always some open space if you don’t mind CQing on 14.115. (Which with fewer big signals and skimmer/spotting help can be a very good place to be at times.)

But on phone, with a few exceptions (like 10 meters anytime during the recent ARRL DX SSB), two signals from a "single transmitter” turns a test of skill into a test of who is the biggest or the rudest.

BTW, in a very few contests, use of two frequencies is a good thing. When six meters is open during the June VHF contest, a few more signals on the higher bands would be much appreciated.


73  -  Jim   K8MR



> On Mar 13, 2017, at 11:46 PM, Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 03/13/2017 07:29 PM, Martin Durham wrote:
>> That's not using two frequencies?? A good SO2R is cqing on one freq and either dueling CQs on a second freq or working multi. If time right transmits and receives make this a finely choreographed dance. Absolutely SO2R is using twice the spectrum that a SO1R is using.
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>> Marty
>> W1MD
> 
> Depends on the contest, where you are (USA vs. DX QTH), time-of-day, time-of-year, sunspot number, etc.
> 
> At this point in the sunspot cycle, there are few opportunities to productively dual CQ and interleave QSO's when operating a DX contest from the USA side.  During the time you are transmitting on an unproductive band, you are not making your presence known on the productive band. This leads to lower rates on the productive band, and not making QSO's on the unproductive band.
> 
> By the way, a good SO2R not only works multipliers on the "2nd radio" but also works non-multipliers, as long as those non-multipliers generate QSO points.
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> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
> Poor SO2R operator