One reason is called the inverse square law.
There's a HUGE difference in a rig being able to deal with a kilowatt signal
a couple blocks away and being able to deal with a kilowatt signal in the
same room.
Another is that almost everyone who doesn't want to destroy their rig's
front-end uses giant bandpass filters in front of each rig in a SO2R setup.
Including eleven of these filters to cover all the bands the K3 will cover
would make it the size of a broadcast transmitter. For reference for the HF
challenged, take a look at a good set of repeater duplexers. Now, multiply
that by eleven bands.
It's one thing for a 2 meter/440 rig to be able to transmit and RX at the
same time- they're running maybe 50 watts at 300 mHz spacing. It's not so
easy with a rig running 100 watts, a kilowatt, or at some stations, several
kilowatts at 2 or 3 mHz spacing.
Hopefully this helps.
73,
Scott, N9AA
Bill Coleman writes:
Question:
If the K3 can do this, then why can't it do SO2R in one box? All that is
required is for the second receiver to be able to receive (likely on a
different band) while the transmitter is transmitting.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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