> >Vic try putting the sub rx on the dx and tune with the main vfo. You won't >need split and the dx is probably not going to move. >
If "DX" holds any of its original meaning of "DX = Distant, DX = Difficult", then listening to the DX station on VFOB is a very bad idea. Although the K3's two receivers are identical in lab performance, they are not identical in terms of accessibility and ease of use. Apart from the VFOB knob itself, other subRX controls can only be accessed by first pressing the BSET button. Why is this important? Because you need to copy *every detail* that the DX stations sends! No matter how difficult it may be (and today we have to include a high probability of deliberate jamming) you need to copy the DX station's every instruction about where and when to call - and when he comes back to you, you need to hear that he copied your callsign correctly. That is why you should always listen to the DX station on your best receiver. The one that has all of its controls right there to hand. The MAIN receiver. If you listen to the DX station on the subRX, many of the important controls like SHIFT, WIDTH and APF can only be accessed by pressing the BSET button first - and while you're messing with that, Murphy will ensure that you miss teh DX station sending something important. But tuning the pileup is completely different. To plan your next call, you need to tune quickly to find the frequency where the station currently being worked is sending "5NN" or "fi-ni" - and that is all. No other details are important, and because pileups are so fast-moving and volatile, you won't even have time for any other controls. So why waste the main RX on listening the pileup? It really does seem perverse... and you probably know what I'm going to say next ;-) The only reason why anyone might want to adopt such a poor, counterproductive strategy is to avoid being caught out by the K3's dysfunctional SPLIT control. 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
