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COMMERCIAL STATION/ANTENNA INTEGRATORS CAN BE ADAPTED TO WORK FOR A VHF
STATION.  FOR THE MOST OPTIMUM RESULTS, YOU MUST CONSIDER SO2R SINGLE
OPERATOR TWO RADIOS.  FOR VHF, THREE RADIOS WOULD BE BEST ONE FOR 6, ONE
FOR 2/222 AND 432 AND ONE FOR THE MICROWAVES.  I HAVE ALWAYS USED A
HOMEBREW INTEGRATION BOX.  FOR A MULTIBAND VHF STATION, THIS ENTAILS
SWITCHING THE RECEIVE AUDIO, MICROPHONE, WHATEVER YOU USE FOR A DIGITAL
INTERFACE, IF RADIOS, TRANSVERTERS AND THEIR INPUT AND OUTPUT LINES TO THE
PROPER IF RADIO.  IT SHOULD ALSO HAVE POSITIVE IF STRIP LOCKOUTS TO PREVENT
TRANSMITTING ON TWO BANDS AT ONCE AND REMOTE PREAMPLIFIER SEQUENCERS.  THE
ELEGANT WAY TO DO THIS IS WITH A SERIES OF ILLUMINATED PUSH BUTTONS, ONE
FOR EACH BAND.  PUSH THE BUTTON AND YOU ARE ON THAT BAND, WITH ALL THE
CONNECTIONS MADE AUTOMATICALLY.  NONE OF THIS IS TRIVIAL BUT NONE OF IT IS
ROCKET SCIENCE.  THE END RESULT IS A STATION THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO NEAT
THINGS LIKE OPERATE 6 METERS FOR THE FULL CONTEST IN JUNE, WHILE YOU USE
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JA7MA/362 JA7MSQ/341 JA7ZF/354 JA7ZP/346 JA8ADQ/362 JA8ALB/346 JA8DRK/349
JA8NFV/346 JA9BEK/343 JA9CGW/346 JA9LSZ/335 JE2URF/341 JE8BKW/340
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