With my Orion I, I use the main RX to pull the DX station out of the
mud, QRM, jammers, and cops. It's very important to hear him. The
subRX is more than sufficient for listening to and placing my signal
in the pileup.
73, Duane
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Duane C.
On Feb 26, 2008, at 1:10 PM, Rick Denney <rick@rickdenney.com> wrote:
> Robert Carroll writes...
>
>> You probably have not missed a thing, depending on how you operate.
>> That's
>> why I suggested a second main rx as an option for those who see a
>> need for
>> it. In a really crushing pileup with a narrow time window of
>> opportunity--such as the Andamans on 160m cw--it is vital to find
>> where the
>> station is listening and to find it quickly.
>
> With my use of an RX-320 as a sub-receiver to my Omni V, I find it
> usually acceptable to use the sub-receiver to listen to the DX station
> and the main receiver for the pileup. The extra selectivity and
> QRM-fighting options on the main receiver are usually needed to parse
> through a pileup, but not for the DX station unless that station is
> very weak and down in the noise, or when the band noise is very strong
> and up in the station's signal. That's when a first-quality
> sub-receiver is needed. The 320 doesn't have the ability to turn down
> the RF gain, for example, to allow improving the s/n when static
> crashes are a problem. Nor does it have a notch filter, which I wish
> it did.
>
> Using the main receiver for the pileup also allows me to be on the
> correct transmit frequency without working split. My work flow is
> easy--I just use the "follow" feature in N4PY so I can tune the
> sub-receiver with my main VFO knob. When I've tuned in the DX station
> on the sub receiver, I turn off "follow" and use the main receiver to
> tune through the pileup. I put the subreceiver in my left ear and the
> main receiver in my right ear, which lets me hear both sides of the
> QSO and still be able to distinguish them. I would think doing this
> with an OII would follow a similar procedure.
>
> It seems from your description that you're using the main receiver for
> the DX station and the sub-receiver for the pileup. Maybe I'm
> misunderstanding.
>
> Rick, KR9D
>
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