>> If the manual Link control is removed, Diversity would then become the >> easily accessible 'hold' feature of the SUB button (available if the >> second receiver is present, otherwise having no effect). > >I would love having Diversity become the "easily accessible HOLD feature of >the SUB button", as suggested by Ian. But "if the manual Link control is >removed", how would one then engage it for non-Diversity applications? >
Even if manual link control through the SUB button is disabled, the same functions are still available through a macro: LN1(link) or LN0 (unlink). > >> In normal diversity reception, the display should show the *true* VFO B >> frequency - reassuringly synchronized and slaved to VFO A. It should >> only display that alternative frequency if SPLIT has actually been >> selected. > >I understand Ian's point about "confusion in Diversity mode"; I suffered from >that the first few hundred times I used it, too. However...I think I'd still like to >see where VFO B "would jump to on TX" before engaging the SPLIT button. >For me, a better solution would be to dim the VFO B display (relative to VFO >A intensity) when in Diversity mode and Split has not been selected. (I have >no idea if that would be possible.) >The slowly blinking decimal point is a bit >too subtle and requires me to stare at it far too long to be the "right" way to >indicate Diversity mode for me. > That's for sure: the blinking decimal point - or points - are far too easily overlooked. Worse still, without a close study of the manual they are totally meaningless. We have just seen this embarrassingly demonstrated at TX5K. So please make the VFO link/sync status as obvious as possible: have the VFO B display show the true VFO B frequency at all times - not blinking, not blanked but simply telling the truth. (The only exception should be after Diversity and Split have *both* been selected.) 73 from Ian GM3SEK ______________________________________________________________ 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
