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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