SO2R is short for Single op, TWO radio. While I trust the good folks at Elecraft can make the second receiver work full duplex, the end result will NOT be TWO radios. Many folks are using two K3's for SO2R, and others are using the K3 plus something else for SO2R.
Consider for a moment that I have two (manual tune) amps, with different drive requirements. You also need outboard filtering, and the more antennas the better. You also need some way of selecting all those antennas. Plus some other stuff for good measure to make everything work. The bottom line being - one radio vs two is not the most expensive part of the equation. Yes - its an additional expense, but if you want to play SO2R, pick up a used contest grade rig. Now that the K3 is out there, used gear is going down in price, making it less of a show stopper if you want to play SO2R. While I have no doubt the K3 can do many things, I just don't see any advantage to trying to make one radio look like two, and no one will be particularly happy with the end result by trying to make it so. Tom - VE3CX On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Brian Machesney <[email protected]>wrote: > Call me stubborn, but I believe that it should be possible to *make* the K3 > and a logging program work together as "SO2R-in-a-box." This probably > involves external, switched bandpass filters, might involve an external > antenna switch and/or applying a "context swtich" via the logging program, > but it seems that it must be possible - and a good idea. > > Has anyone made this work? Is anyone working on it? Is anyone interested in > starting up a new group (off this reflector) to work up ideas? > > -- > 73 -- Brian -- K1LI > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
