[TowerTalk] Building a "little pistol" contest station and the C-31XR

[n4gi at tampabay.rr.com]

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Lux <jimlux at earthlink.net>

> Which is why I ask about whether you intend to use 2 radios at 
> once 
> (I guess you do, with your SO2R questions), in which case, there 
> might be "better" ways to solve the problem.  (two different 
> single 
> band antennas stacked and separated by a 10 feet might be cheaper 
> than all the filters you'll need with the tightly coupled C31XR)

I tried this....  

After toiling with the mechanical (wind load!) complexities of how to 
mount three separate 10-15-20 yagis at reasonable separation distances 
on a city lot, I found that I was not only dealing with the RX 
interference problems, but nasty radiation pattern problems as well.  I 
then put a C31 up and went to town with SO2R.

73,
Blake N4GI