The biggest challenge for me is antenna switching. I run tribanders
for 10,15 and 20 so I needed a good filter/triplexer setup. I ended
up going with a full set of high power 403A filters and the
triplexer.
The alternative is a 4O3A filter just for the tribander to provide a
separate feed for each band and a set of monoband low power filters
(e.g., the 5B4AGN kits) between the exciters and amplifiers.
There are multiple options for SO2R controllers - you need to be able
to switch a single set of headphones, mic, PTT, CW and potentially FSK
between the two rigs. On the "simple end" is the microHAM micro2R,
or TopTen DXDoubler ,the YCCC box is middle of the road, and the
microHAM MK2R+ is the "high end" with built-in sound cards and basic
station automation functions.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 2015-07-04 7:49 AM, Richard Thorne wrote:
Joe, this is a tough question to answer. Hardware requirements are
driven by several things.
I was lucky and found a nice used Microham micro keyer 2r+ for less than
half of new. I really like it as it's very powerful (and trust me I am
no expert on the subject, I'm still learning). The SO2R box was the
easy decision.
The biggest challenge for me is antenna switching. I run tribanders for
10,15 and 20 so I needed a good filter/triplexer setup. I ended up
going with a full set of high power 403A filters and the triplexer. I
used the high power filters as I wanted the filters on the amplifier
output. For antenna switching I'm using a hamation 2x8 switch and
integrated controllers.
If your running monoband antennas you could use 200 watt filters between
the K3 and amplifier with out the need for the triplexer.
Rich - N5ZC
On 7/3/2015 11:19 PM, Joe Moffatt wrote:
Strongly thinking of getting into so2r primarily for cw. With 2 K3's,
what external hardware do I need? I realize this info is out there,
but I really want some practical real world advice.
Thanks,
Joe
AB5OR
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