Me too! I monitor the DX with the MAIN Rcvr, the pileup with the SUB Rcvr, find the right spot to call, very slick, and forget to push the SPLIT button.
I get chastised by the DX Fuzz, and THEN I push the SPLIT button. Never fails! Eric VA7DZ On 15/03/11 9:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Send Elecraft mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Elecraft digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: I did it again! (Doug Turnbull) > 2. Re: I did it again! (Gary Gregory) > 3. K3 re kdvr not playing back (Mike Rodgers) > 4. Aid to Japan (AB8XA) > 5. [K2 ] RF Out/DC power Issues (Eugene Balinski) > 6. OT - Vertical Bug (stan levandowski) > 7. Re: I did it again! (Vic K2VCO) > 8. Re: I did it again! (Wayne Burdick) > 9. Re: I did it again! (Paul Christensen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:19:55 -0000 > From: "Doug Turnbull"<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I did it again! > To: "'FredJensen'"<[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > Message-ID:<99513EC7CFC842999351CB0D0F2D07A6@DOUG1> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Fred, > You are just a good operator but I sometimes do forget that I have not > changed my TX over to VFO B even though VFO B has been set up 5 kHz. This > is why I need the P3 to place a stick of dynamite in a private place and > light it when I attempt to transmit on a DX station. Maybe a flashing or > more distinct VFO B cursor indication for when it is chosen for TX would > help. Flashing beats red for me as I am partially colour blind. This is > not a P3 fault but an operator fault and an old man looking for extra help. > God, I hate making this mistake. The radio is not at fault the operator > is, mea maxima culpa. > > 73 Doug EI2CN > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of FredJensen > Sent: 15 March 2011 08:01 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I did it again! > > On 3/15/2011 5:47 AM, Vic K2VCO wrote: >> Maybe I'm too old to be trusted with a K3 (hey, my wife won't let me ride > a motorcycle >> anymore either). >> > Andrea won't let me climb my tower either ... like I actually could :-) > > I must be really missing some "features" in my K3, I'm not having any of > these problems with transmitting on one frequency and listening on > another. Other than some AGC settings and TX EQ settings I got from > K9YC, I pretty much run it "out of the box." I haven't been arrested by > the DX Cops -- yet -- I seem to be able to work the DX in split mode > [occasionally, I call more than I work], and my KUSB "thingy" works > just fine with N1MM, K3 Utility, and K3_EZ. I'm beginning to wonder if > I'm missing something. Maybe I need the second receiver. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > Auburn CA > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:44:32 +1000 > From: Gary Gregory<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I did it again! > To: Doug Turnbull<[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > *Hey Guys' > > My wife just confirmed to me...'You are not allowed to walk and chew gum at > the same time' > > Personally, I think it's a plot..she has a call too :-( > > And you think you have issues? > > :-) > > 73's > > Gary > * > On 15 March 2011 19:19, Doug Turnbull<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Fred, >> You are just a good operator but I sometimes do forget that I have not >> changed my TX over to VFO B even though VFO B has been set up 5 kHz. This >> is why I need the P3 to place a stick of dynamite in a private place and >> light it when I attempt to transmit on a DX station. Maybe a flashing or >> more distinct VFO B cursor indication for when it is chosen for TX would >> help. Flashing beats red for me as I am partially colour blind. This is >> not a P3 fault but an operator fault and an old man looking for extra help. >> God, I hate making this mistake. The radio is not at fault the operator >> is, mea maxima culpa. >> >> 73 Doug EI2CN >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of FredJensen >> Sent: 15 March 2011 08:01 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I did it again! >> >> On 3/15/2011 5:47 AM, Vic K2VCO wrote: >>> Maybe I'm too old to be trusted with a K3 (hey, my wife won't let me ride >> a motorcycle >>> anymore either). >>> >> Andrea won't let me climb my tower either ... like I actually could :-) >> >> I must be really missing some "features" in my K3, I'm not having any of >> these problems with transmitting on one frequency and listening on >> another. Other than some AGC settings and TX EQ settings I got from >> K9YC, I pretty much run it "out of the box." I haven't been arrested by >> the DX Cops -- yet -- I seem to be able to work the DX in split mode >> [occasionally, I call more than I work], and my KUSB "thingy" works >> just fine with N1MM, K3 Utility, and K3_EZ. I'm beginning to wonder if >> I'm missing something. Maybe I need the second receiver. >> >> 73, >> >> Fred K6DGW >> Auburn CA >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ______________________________________________________________ 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
