I've got to go along with Joe on this. The way I do split on an FT2000 now and all the radios I've used in the past is to set VFO B to VFO A's frequency (the DX frequency), select SPLIT, put VFO B's receiver in either my left or right ear, tune VFO B to the last guy the DX worked, and start my calling there. I truly don't understand the advantage of an automatic split. If you are not transmitting where the DX is listening, you will be a long time working him. And what if he is down 5, not up 1?
73, Jim, K4ZMV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <[email protected]> To: "'Ian White GM3SEK'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Feature request > > I have to disagree ... quick split would cause too may > other problems like losing the frequency if one has > already set VFO B (subreciever) to the desired place. > > Except for actions explicitly designed to change frequency > (tune the VFO, change band, recall a memory, etc.), the user > interface should never change the frequency and it should > never change the frequency of the "other" VFO. > > Any "Quick split" function should require an explicit > input sequence ... perhaps "Freq Enter, Split" or "XIT, > set the offset, Split" ... but the current Split > function should not be overloaded with "quick split." > > Even if "Quick Split" were a menu option for "Split," > the time to through the menu to change the function > would be greater than the current multiple keystroke > method of setting a specific split. Since not every > "split" is the same (5 to 25 KHz on phone vs. 1 to 5 > on CW in most cases) is useful only on one mode and > only if the preset value happens to match the other > station's offset. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ian >> White GM3SEK >> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 3:28 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Feature request >> >> >> W0FK wrote: >> > >> >Having a "quick split" feature would be great! My IC-7800 >> has that, and >> >I miss it on the K3. Hold split, enter the "up" split >> frequency (up 1, >> >up 5, etc.) and the seconnd VFO is there. No counting or adding. >> > >> >> "Quick split" - otherwise known as "auto split" or "pileup >> split" - is >> an option that has been available in serious transceivers for almost >> twenty years. >> >> If this option was available and selected, then holding SPLIT would >> automate the following sequence which presently has to be >> done manually: >> >> 1. Double-tap A>B (reset VFO B, and sub-rx if present, to a >> known state) >> >> 2. Hold SPLIT. >> >> 3. Tune VFO B away from VFO A by a selected amount (+/- in >> 1kHz steps, >> either by pre-selection or 'on the fly' - but the latter >> would require >> extensive error trapping). >> >> 4. Turn sub-rx on (if it wasn't already on). >> >> 5. Disable TX on VFO A frequency until SPLIT is canceled >> (error trapping >> for the A/B, REV and A>B buttons). >> >> At present this whole sequence relies on the operator doing all the >> right things, and then continuing not to do any wrong things. Errors >> are punished by major embarrassment (literally, world-class). >> >> Nevertheless, this function should only be an OPTION. It will not be >> needed by anyone who never works a pileup, is never in a hurry and/or >> never makes a mistake. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
