Thanks, Sean.

What you say makes sense here.

Hopefully others with contesting experience will have other thoughts to
offer.

I have to check the NAQP rules to see if we can have two stations with
different calls operating in the same basic building or location.

Maybe not!
I'm just trying to figure out how I can get my new ham friend on the air,
and not jeopardize equipment or our single-op contesting effort for
tomorrow's NAQP contest.


Best 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: contesting with two rigs


> I'm sure you shouldn't need to worry about blowing out
> the front ends of your rigs. The farther your antennas
> are apart the better, and make sure that your rigs are
> well grounded. You don't need a bunch of rf in the
> shack complecating things further. You certainly may
> have trouble with cross band interference, If it's not
> too bad you can live with it. I haven't done field day
> in a few years, but I used to go every year, and I've
> had some really good 1's where they hardly interfered
> with each other at all, and some really bad 1's where
> 1 station or the other was virtually unworkable. All I
> can say is good luck, but if you have both stations
> set up now, you can do some experimenting with
> different band combinations to see what's going to
> work. Beware of those harmonics. You will certainly
> see a big signal on, say 28.480 when the other station
> is on 14.240, but if you're lucky It'll drop off
> quickly as you move away on 10. You'll probably have
> more problems if you're using amplifiers, and if you
> go qrp you won't even know the other is keyed down,
> *grin*.
> --- Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hello all.
> >
> > This subject has come up in some related ways on the
> > list, but I am not sure
> > where to find people's comments, so I'll ask my
> > question here.
> >
> > For this week-end's North American Qso Party SSB
> > contest, I am going to be
> > part of a contest team of single operators from my
> > local area.  The team has
> > already been formed, and we are ready to go.  I will
> > use my Icom 746 as my
> > main rig, and I will be using a conbination of a
> > triband beam for 10, 15,
> > and 20;  a g5rv;  and a 40/80 meter dipole.
> >
> > I have a friend who has just upgraded to General,
> > and he wants to try his
> > hand at contesting, but he isn't ready to get into
> > the thick of things just
> > yet.
> >
> > He also has no HF equipment to work with.
> >
> > I have been thinking of setting up my Icom 718 HF
> > rig, with the LDG AT11MP
> > auto-tuner in another part of my basement so that he
> > can just play with
> > things and get some "hands on" experience with
> > contesting.  I have an R7
> > vertical antenna in my back yard that I am thinking
> > about dedicating to his
> > operation.
> >
> > The antennas throughout my back yard are a
> > considerable distance apart.  My
> > two rigs will probably be from 10 to 15 feet apart,
> > although I could place
> > them further apart if need be.
> >
> > If we do this contesting operation, do I run the
> > risk of damaging the front
> > ends of either receiver, even if we are careful not
> > to operate on the same
> > band simultaneously?  If I can ground things
> > sufficiently, are we likely to
> > interfere with each other significantly, or de-sense
> > each other's receivers?
> >
> > Obviously, I am not going to do this if there is any
> > chance of damaging
> > equipment.
> >
> > On the other hand, I'd really like to use this as an
> > elmering experience if
> > I can.
> >
> > Since I am on a single-op team, I can't allow him to
> > make contacts for me;
> > my understanding is that he has to do that
> > independently using his own call.
> >
> > Any thoughts here would be appreciated.
> >
> > Hope to see some of you in the contest.
> >
> > Vy best 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
>
>
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