So take a look at the top 30 or so single op scores just over the last three
years of results in cqww cw and tell me there is not a major advantage to SO2R.
Virtually all entrants are SO2R. Any way you slice it having TWO radios in use
allows you to use twice the spectrum of a SO1R entrant.
Marty
W1MD
> On Mar 14, 2017, at 9:53 AM, Jim Stahl via CQ-Contest
> <cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> Using two frequencies was never a huge issue in CW contests. In those there
> are far more available “channels”, and you can always some open space if you
> don’t mind CQing on 14.115. (Which with fewer big signals and
> skimmer/spotting help can be a very good place to be at times.)
>
> But on phone, with a few exceptions (like 10 meters anytime during the recent
> ARRL DX SSB), two signals from a "single transmitter” turns a test of skill
> into a test of who is the biggest or the rudest.
>
> BTW, in a very few contests, use of two frequencies is a good thing. When six
> meters is open during the June VHF contest, a few more signals on the higher
> bands would be much appreciated.
>
>
> 73 - Jim K8MR
>
>
>
>> On Mar 13, 2017, at 11:46 PM, Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 03/13/2017 07:29 PM, Martin Durham wrote:
>>> That's not using two frequencies?? A good SO2R is cqing on one freq and
>>> either dueling CQs on a second freq or working multi. If time right
>>> transmits and receives make this a finely choreographed dance. Absolutely
>>> SO2R is using twice the spectrum that a SO1R is using.
>>>
>>> Marty
>>> W1MD
>>
>> Depends on the contest, where you are (USA vs. DX QTH), time-of-day,
>> time-of-year, sunspot number, etc.
>>
>> At this point in the sunspot cycle, there are few opportunities to
>> productively dual CQ and interleave QSO's when operating a DX contest from
>> the USA side. During the time you are transmitting on an unproductive band,
>> you are not making your presence known on the productive band. This leads to
>> lower rates on the productive band, and not making QSO's on the unproductive
>> band.
>>
>> By the way, a good SO2R not only works multipliers on the "2nd radio" but
>> also works non-multipliers, as long as those non-multipliers generate QSO
>> points.
>>
>> 73,
>> Steve, N2IC
>> Poor SO2R operator
>
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