Hi Bill: Howard was using his VFO B as a fixed frequency receiver and he was tuning VFO A to listen and change his TX frequency. He was not using SPLIT and he could not have been using diversity. He had to be unlinked. So he always had the DX station in his right ear.
What you're describing is using VFO A plus diversity to listen to the DX station and using VFO B as your split transmit frequency. This is a normal split approach plus diversity. The DX station is always in your left ear and mostly in your right ear until you press REV. Then you can spin VFO A to change and listen to your transmit frequency. This method works and requires two hands. Another approach is to toggle BSET. With BSET activated, you will now hear VFO B in your right ear. You can then change your transmit frequency by spinning VFO B. Only one hand is required while your other is on the paddle or keyboard. Toggle again to go back to diversity in your right ear. 73, Mike K2MK Bill W4ZV Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:04:58 -0800 K2MK wrote: > > Also you can't use diversity reception while doing this. You have to > be unlinked. > You can use Split in Diversity, but you must use the REV button to tune the pileup. It's like using Split with one RX but you're receiving in Diversity using both RXs. I always LOCK the DX frequency in case I accidentally hit a knob at the wrong time. When you REV, the other VFO is NOT locked so you can zero beat your TX in the pileup. 73, Bill ______________________________________________________________ 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
