Ed:
That's it. I just tried it. I wasn't holding the SUB button long enough.
When it displays DIVRSTY, VFO B tracks VFO A as before. But when you
activate SPLIT, you can tune VFO B to a different transmit frequency but
both receivers are still tuned to the original frequency. When you turn off
SPLIT, the VFO B display returns to the original frequency. Thanks for the
clarification.
73,
Mike K2MK
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From: "Ed K1EP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 6:14 PM
To: "K2MK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Elecraft Reflector"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Split while using Diversity
At 12/3/2008 06:06 PM, K2MK wrote:
Here's what I am experiencing with MCU 2.67. When in diversity I have VFO
B tracking VFO A and I am using a separate receive antenna for VFO B. To
activate SPLIT, the only way to actually change my transmit frequency is
to turn the VFO B dial thus loosing my diversity.
Using the A/B button allows me to listen to the original frequency on
either receiver but not both. And transmission will occur on VFO B
requiring me to swap back before transmitting again. That's a problem.
The only way I see this working is to use XIT instead of split. I'm just
not a fan of XIT. So am I missing something?
73,
Mike K2MK
That's basically how I operated this past weekend. But I think I realized
that I was missing something. Those in the know can correct me. It has
to do with the blinking second decimal point, which confused me. At
times, I saw A blink, B blink, and A and B blink. I believe that there
are two methods to achieve diversity. First is the way that Mike
described and that I generally did over the weekend. You enable the SUB
by pressing SUB. You press RX ANT to get AUX. Then you tap A>B twice to
get both the receivers to be the same frequency and filter settings. Then
you press and hold SUB for a second to link. In this case, I believe the
second decimal in VFO B will blink, indicating LINK. However, there is
another method for achieving diversity. If you press and hold SUB for two
seconds, first you will see LINK and then DIVRSTY. I believe in this
case, the second decimal in VFO A will blink and the settings indicated on
VFO A will control both receivers and set the sub antenna to AUX. This
allows you to use VFO B for SPLIT or a temp register. Is this
interpretation correct???
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