[RTTY] Not to beat the SO2R horse

[Barry]

Bill,
When you said one is in rcve, I interpreted that as tuning the band 
while xmtg on the other radio, when in fact, I'm just copying an 
exchange or station calling.  You win this round :.)
73,
Barry

Bill Turner wrote:
> You say "not necessarily", but I don't see any disagreement. In your
> example, when one TX is on, so is the other RX. With SO1R you can
> either be in TX mode or RX mode but not both. 
>
> Please clarify.
>
> Bill, W6WRT
>
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> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 17:42:36 +0000, you wrote:
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>> Bill,
>> Not necessarily true.  When I do RTTY SO2R, more often than not, I 
>> alternate CQs on 2 bands.  As soon as R1 goes into rcve, R2 starts 
>> CQing.  I've found it more productive than listening on the second 
>> band.  This is unique to RTTY.  Besides the fact you don't need to 
>> listen to anything on RTTY, there's really no way to hold 2 freqs on CW 
>> or SSB.
>> 73,
>> Barry
>>     
>>> Quoting Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net>:
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>>>> If the RX is off when the TX is on, it's SO1R. The advantage of SO2R
>>>> is listening while transmitting.
>>>>
>>>> Bill, W6WRT
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Barry Kutner, W2UP             
Newtown, PA