[Elecraft] What's New at Dayton? dual rcv

Wed Apr 30 15:35:59 2003

That's exactly what I am looking for also.  I would sell my FT1000MP CW key
click generator and buy a second K2 as soon as this is made possible.
Dave, K8AA
K2 #2657

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "N2TK, Tony" <[email protected]>
To: "'Jack Brindle'" <[email protected]>; "'Bill NY9H'"
<[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 1:53 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] What's New at Dayton? dual rcv

> Hi Jack. Don't know if anyone got back to you on this. At least I didn't
see
> any comments on this end.
>  To me, dual receive is very useful. Actually stereo dual receive is what
I
> want.
> Some examples:
> Working DX split on any band and on phone or cw.
> - When a DX station is operating split, with stereo dual receive you can
> listen to the DX station in one ear and the pileup in the other. Basically
> you can call until you hear the DX station come back to someone. If the DX
> station works tailenders, you will know when to precisely call and exactly
> what freq if you can listen to the pileup freq while listening to the DX
> station.
> - When the DX station moves around for listening, with dual receive you
can
> find if there is pattern or at least call him/her on the freq he just
worked
> someone.
> - QSK on CW is nice for dual receive. Actually QSK is nice anytime you are
> calling a pileup. When I'm the cause of the pileup, I rather not use QSK -
> gives my ears a break.
> - If you are trying to work a station that is going by call areas, you can
> listen in one ear while you are operating transceiver with someone else
off
> frequency. This way you know when to be ready to call.
>
> Unfortunately, the current line of Icom radios doesn't offer stereo dual
> receive. Yaesu still has it. My old Kenwood TS950SDX has it.
> It would be nice if there was a way to tie together 2 - K2's so you could
> have stereo dual receive.
> 73,
> Tony
> N2TK
>

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