[Elecraft] QSK and the 2nd receiver

[G3SJJ]

No Stewart, that is SO2R.

I use SO2V a lot here with the FT1kMP and that is what you will get with 
the K3, but a lot better. With the MP you can only listen on the same 
band because of the way the sub rx path is routed, although it is 
possible on the higher bands The K3 has an independant sub rx so I 
assuming you can listen on different bands.

Obviously when the radio goes into transmit the rx antennas are 
disconnected. For SO2R here I have a WX0B Sixpak antenna switch at the 
base of the tower, a pair of Topten band decoders and two Dunestar 600 
bandpass filters in the shack, together with two separate 90m runs of 
H100 coax and two 6 way screened cable runs. That's SO2R. It's ggod fun 
Do a Google search on WX0B, Topten and SO2R for more info. I can't 
actually do SO2R at present as I sold my K2, so egerly awaiting my K3 
which I am sure will be Radio 1 in the system.

BTW, in the recent IARU SSB FD, we were using SR2O, otherwise known as 
Big Knob Man and Little Knob Man. We used my GU8D-special (designed for 
IOTA contest) SR2O unit for switching the mic, ie first one to hit the 
footswitch grabs the tx. Good fun.

Chris G3SJJ


Stewart Rolfe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Hope this isn't a dumb question but I've never used a rig with a 2nd 
> receiver anyway.......
>
> So was wondering if when using the K3 with 2nd rx on a single antenna, 
> will I be able to listen to the 2nd receiver while transmitting on the 
> first vfo when full qsk is invoked...? eg while calling cq contest on 
> one band will I be able to tune another band on the 2nd rx for mults 
> etc..?
> I've got a feeling I'm in for some new experiences when it finally 
> arrives..!
>
> 73,
> Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Post to: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> You must be a subscriber to post to the list.
> Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.):
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft   
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm
> Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
>