[TowerTalk] 6 x 2 unit...

[Earl Morse]

For simple as possible, skip the remote switches.  Run all the coaxes into the shack.  Have a 4 to 6 way coax switch on each radio.  Use 2 way switches to switch the more popular antennas between either radio.  It is manual operation but you probably have everything laying around the shack to put it together now.

While having the ability to switch any antenna between either radio and having 2 antennas for each band is nice you will find that for SO2R you tend to have a primary radio and a secondary radio.  Primary is going to be running on the most productive bands with the best antennas while the secondary radio is going to be S&Ping on the off bands with whatever antennas you have left over, most likely the next band up or down from the run radio.  The important bands of interest are going to change depending on the contest.  In most cases, propagation will make bands mutually exclusive of each other.  For example, you won't need 160/80M during the day when 20-15-10M is hopping, and vice-versa.  So being able to switch any antenna to any radio at any time probably isn't needed.

Run it manually for a while and you will figure out exactly what you need.

Earl
N8SS


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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 19:13:51 -0400
From: "Douglas Ruz / CO8DM" <co8dm at frcuba.co.cu>
To: "Towertalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] 6 x 2 unit...
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Hi,

 

I am building a simple as possible SO2R configuration.

 

I need some advices about a 6 x 2 antenna relay unit.I prefer a kit because
it is cheaper.

 

I think I need build also a Band decoder.any idea?

 

Thanks,

 

Doug, CO8DM