OK, Thanks for the explanations. Very clear. Tom On Feb 15, 2015 10:19 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > I am not Joe, but I can answer your question. > > In diversity mode, the K3 operates just like a single receiver as far as > the controls are concerned (except for the audio effects attributed to > diversity). In other words, if you are operating SPLIT, you would tune > to the DX station with VFO A and transmit on VFO B. To listen to the > pileup (on your TX frequency VFO B) you would hold the REV button to > listen to the pileup as long as you hold the button, but if you wanted > to not hold the button and switch to hear the pileup, the A/B button can > be used to switch VFOs until you wanted to switch back (with the A/B > button). > > Since you have both the mainRX and the subRX, it makes more sense to use > the subRX in its normal mode where you set SPLIT on and listen to the DX > on the subRX while transmitting on the mainRX frequency (the subRX > frequency does not have transmit capability). There are some ways to > reverse this, but I will not go into details, this is the 'fundamentals' > of split operation. > > For linked VFOs, imagine you want to work DX operating with a fixed 2 > kHz split while the DX station is changing his TX frequencies while > maintaining the 2 kHz split - that does not happen very often (maybe never). > You can set SPLIT on and separate the VFOs by 2 kHz then invoke LINK. > The VFOs will always be 2 kHz apart. > > I don't think that situation occurs frequently. The only remote > occasion I can foresee is for the QRP Foxhunts, but the Foxes rarely > will operate SPLIT. > > Normally, the DX station stays on the same frequency and you would want > to leave the RX VFO tuned to his frequency while you would want the TX > VFO to tune to either the last station worked or a clear frequency > within the pileup. The current TX VFO is displayed in the K3 or KX3 > display by an arrow. Pay attention to that arrow lest the "up cops" > become irritated with your transmissions. > > IMHO, the changes made in 5.10 simplify the use of the SUB button. No > more short hold of the button to link the VFOs and no long hold to > enable diversity. > How many times have we seen posts to this reflector saying that the VFOs > track each other. This is a result of the difference between a long > hold and an extra long hold of the SUB button. > Relegating the linked VFOs to a programmable function is a good idea IMHO. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 2/15/2015 9:15 PM, Tom Blahovici wrote: > > Hi Joe, > > I guess there is some confusion then as to the function of Link. > > Myself, I thought it was solely there for diversity mode. > > So, how else would one use the Link function? What is its purpose? > > Thanks > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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