[Elecraft] SO2R recommendations

[Rick Tavan]

The other problem with DX Doubler, if you operate CW, is that it does not
contain an internal keyer. Thus, it doesn't know when you are sending by
hand or by computer. If you're sending by hand, you need a monitor. But if
you're sending by computer, you may want to listen to the non-transmit
radio in both ears and not want to hear the monitor. If that's your
operating style, then with DX Doubler you have to throw a switch to send
with the paddle. This drove me nuts so I got rid of it. The Microham
products do have internal keyers, as does my current favorite SO2R box, the
YCCC box. They know when you're sending with the paddle and can let the
monitor through without forcing you to listen to both radios when one is
sending a computer message. The YCCC box is also the least expensive of the
lot, does everything I want, and is, to my knowledge, the simplest box that
includes an internal keyer. It's a club project, though, and not always
available off the shelf. And it's a kit (a fun kit).

GL,

/Rick N6XI

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:

> On Tue,1/19/2016 5:59 AM, Doug Ellmore wrote:
>
>> I saw a kit (currently not available) from *k1xm.org/
>> <http://k1xm.org/>SO2R/*
>> <https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#>
>>
>
> This is the YCCC SO2R box, an EXCELLENT unit. I use it in my station. If
> there's a waiting list for the next group purchase of kits, get your name
> on it.
>
> The DX Doubler has Pin One Problems, a well known cause of hum, buzz, and
> RFI.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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Rick Tavan
Truckee, CA