Although I resisted using them mightily, it's the 21st Century and this 53 years as a ham occasionally uses Internet spots, mostly to see where the propagation is. Don't try posting one as +/- 10 KHz.
--- On Fri, 2/25/11, Amateur Radio Operator N5GE <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Amateur Radio Operator N5GE <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 Question > To: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Wes Stewart" <[email protected]>, "Elecraft Reflector" > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, February 25, 2011, 3:43 PM > Joe, > > One thing that I'm puzzled about is why it is that most of > the posters are > complaining about absolute frequency display and logging, > when the requirements > for DXCC awards and contest awards are awarded by band, not > frequency. In LOTW > even the time only has to be within 30 minutes to be > verified. > > It's wonderful to be able to see exactly what frequency you > are on and I for one > love it, but some of the best radios I've ever owned had to > be calibrated every > 25Kc to be accurate and even then resolution of 1 cycle or > ten cycles was > unheard of unless you were in an intercept station on some > island. > > I wonder how we ever found each other to talk to back > then? > > 73, > > Tom Childers > Radio Amateur N5GE > Licensed since 1976 > QCWA Life Member 35102 > ARRL Life Member > Retired Professional > C# Software developer > http://www.n5ge.net > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:56:02 -0500, "Joe Subich, W4TV" > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >The K3 (along with Kenwood and recent Yaesu rigs) > report the current > >VFO frequency and RIT in the IF command. It also > reports each VFO > >(FA, FB), RIT (RO) and XIT (XO) on demand. A well > written logging > >program will be able to log the correct frequency with > that data. > > > >Relying on "display" data would require the logging > software to play > >games to read the display during both transmit and > receive. In some > >cases - with some transceivers - polling during > transmit can result > >in problems. It is better to report the "pieces" > on demand and allow > >the logging software to use them as needed. > > > >73, > > > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
