[ICOM] Icom IC-756ProIII or TS-950SDX

[John Geiger]

I have owned several dual receive radios in the past
(Icom 756/756PRO/756PROII/FT1000MP/TS950SDX) and I
always found them most useful for DXing. Never really
tried to do SO2R in a contest with them, but they make
busting a split frequency pileup much easier.  You put
one receiver on the DX stations frequency to hear when
he comes back to someone, and put the other receiver
on the DXs listening frequency. You can then hear
exactly when it is clear to call, or find a clear
spot, or find the station he is working to be on that
frequency for the next round of calls. You can do this
with a regular 2 VFO radio, but it is much easier to
do it with dual receive than having to switch back and
forth between VFOs.

73s John AA5JG
--- Jack/W6NF <vhfplus at bmg50.com> wrote:

> Larry wrote:
> > I have been a ham for a long time work a little
> DX. Would someone tell me
> > why hams think they need two receivers? I have
> never had a rig with one and
> > for the life of me don't know how I would use one.
> Just a simple answer
> > please. 73 OZ
> >
> > Larry Wassman W3OZ
> > ARRL #1 Honor Roll
> > www.w3oz.com
> >   
> Hi, Larry!
> 
> Dual receivers are used primarily for maximizing
> your score in 
> contests...at least that's how I have seen them
> used. You can run QSOs 
> on one receiver/frequency and tune on the other
> receiver looking for 
> additional QSOs or, preferably,  new multipliers.
> This is done using 
> split headphones with one receiver in the left side
> and the other 
> receiver in the right side. It takes some practice
> and is particularly 
> difficult for someone like me who has a hard time
> chewing gum and 
> walking at the same time ;>)
> 
> 73,
> 
> Jack, W6NF
> 
> 
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