[Elecraft] Contesting with a k2

[paule@sfu.ca]

Hi Rick,

Agree with most of your comments, except (see below).

On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 12:33:49 -0700 tavan@tibco.com wrote:
> If you operate only CW contests (as any self-respecting gentleman or
> lady should do), then the lack of dual simultaneous receive is
> irrelevant. Split frequency operation in CW contests is vanishingly rare
> and if you encounter it, you can still use a dual-VFO, single receiver
> rig like the K2. You just can't listen to both frequencies at once. I
> can't recall the last time I encountered it, anyway.

I am afraid that dual simultaneous receive is NOT irrelevant in cw
contests. I operate with a reasonably competitive M/S team, and we
have found that the need to be able to hear a mult on your run band
is important. It allows you to time your reply with the mult's 
rhythm while maintaining your run frequency. Switching vfo's back and
forth to check a mult frequency can be unnecessarily problematic.

cheers, Paul - VA7NT ex VE7CQK - email: paule@sfu.ca
"Those who hear not the music. . . think the dancers mad."