[ICOM] 7600 and Dual Watch... "it's a mix"

[Adam Farson]

Hi Gordon,

Way too complex for me - I'd almost certainly blow something up.

When on the air, I can barely handle one receiver and one transmitter, let
alone multiple instances. And the contests send me either to 17m or to the
red "0" button on the mains distribution panel.

Cheers for now, 73,
Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
 

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of J. Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT
Sent: 20-Aug-09 13:30
To: 'ICOM Reflector'
Subject: Re: [ICOM] 7600 and Dual Watch... "it's a mix"

Adam et al,
I guess you could use a second receiver with an IC-756PROIII as well using
the splitter et al?  

I've been thinking a bit differently about this dual receive situation
because of the performance issues that sometimes come up, but more
importantly because of the operational requirements that I have.  It might
be cool to set up my PRO3 and PRO2 in a SO2V/SO2R configuration using two
separate 6M antennas and just protect whichever transceiver is idle when I
transmit with the other one.  The same strategy could be done on 20M, 40M,
etc.  I am blessed with separately rotatable antennas on different towers
which allows me to look west and south or northeast toward Europe while also
looking west or south as needed.  

I am thinking about using some small BNC Dow-Key relays and small dummy
loads all triggered by reed relays from the rigs and the PTT lines, as I
only use the exciters here with no amps.
Thoughts?

Thanks & 73,
Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
201.314.6964