[UK-CONTEST] 2 Station setup ideas please for CQWW

[Darren GØTSM]

When I operate in the RSGB 21/28 with 100W I use two coaxial stub 
filters on each rig, one accepts the band it is setup for, the other 
filter rejects the other band. Quite simple when you dont have to 
QSY. The thing which makes all the difference here is that I always 
use the rig's internal ATUs. That cleans up things quite alot as long 
as the ATUs are in the RX line.

With regards to the station configs I think you need to have a quick 
look at the propagation, if you have one station on 10,15 & 20 then 
the LF station will just end up trying to work Eu's all day long, 
maybe you need to add 15 or 20M to the LF station, that would give 
you a lot more flexibility. It might stop the LF ops from sneaking 
off to the pub :-)


Darren G0TSM



At 22:37 08/09/2006, you wrote:
>There's no need to spend a lot of money on Dunestar or ICE filters - make
>your own. There are a number of designs around. I built a few sets of the
>K4VX bandpass filters for M6T years ago. The 10m and 15m ones aren't great,
>but give some improvement and you can build a set for a lot less than a set
>of commerical ones.
>
>73,
>
>Andy, G4PIQ
>
>--From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com on behalf of Jim Balls
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>To: Uk-Contest at Contesting.Com
>Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 2 Station setup ideas please for CQWW
>
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>We are thinking about running a 2 station setup for CQWW SSB.
>
>We currently have no experience of this and was looking for pointer on a
>cheap and easy filtering option (I their is such a thing!).
>
>We are looking to run lets say 20m - 10m on one setup (HFstation) and 40m -
>160m on the other setup (LF Station).
>
>Antenna's will have a separation of about 100m, we are going to run a
>vertical and dipole setup for 40m - 160m on the second station tower and a
>10 - 20m beam (Spider) and a 2 element Moxon for 40m on the main tower (I
>guess the 40m beam will be used on the 10 - 20 m station and not the LF
>station)
>
>Both will run 400w.
>
>Radios will be
>
>HF station 756PROII -  TL922 In Caravan
>LF Station with be Either FT990 or TS870 - 811H (with 572B tubes) In Awning
>
>We cannot afford luxuries like the Dunestar filter setup at this point.
>
>Any ideas guy's, Would we suffer much breakthrough etc, is it even worth
>attempting?
>
>Thanks
>
>Jim M0CKE
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