[Elecraft] K3 so2r advice please

[Richard Thorne]

Joe, this is a tough question to answer.  Hardware requirements are 
driven by several things.

I was lucky and found a nice used Microham micro keyer 2r+ for less than 
half of new.  I really like it as it's very powerful (and trust me I am 
no expert on the subject, I'm still learning).  The SO2R box was the 
easy decision.

The biggest challenge for me is antenna switching.  I run tribanders for 
10,15 and 20 so I needed a good filter/triplexer setup.  I ended up 
going with a full set of high power 403A filters and the triplexer.  I 
used the high power filters as I wanted the filters on the amplifier 
output.  For antenna switching I'm using a hamation 2x8 switch and 
integrated controllers.

If your running monoband antennas you could use 200 watt filters between 
the K3 and amplifier with out the need for the triplexer.

Rich - N5ZC

On 7/3/2015 11:19 PM, Joe Moffatt wrote:
> Strongly thinking of getting into so2r primarily for cw.  With 2 K3's, what external hardware do I need?  I realize this info is out there, but I really want some practical real world advice.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
> AB5OR
>
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