> Old Ham Geezers learn to do this after a few > years of practice or reading the Complete DX'r by W9KNI, but > I hope the rest of you don't use the procedure, so Ken and I > can get 'em and scoot away quickly ;o)
Shucks, boy ... now you done gone and gib away da secret <G>. Thet be the diff'nce 'tween real DXers and da 'tenders who be callin' where da DX wuz 5 minutes ago 'cause someone posted his QRG on thet newfangled cluster box. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom, N5GE > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 11:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: "Qick Split" > > > On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:49:10 -0000, you wrote: > > >Doesn't "Quick Split" assume the DX is -always- located a > >fixed number of kHz away from "his" TX'ing frequency? This > >is simply not the case, if this is what's is being lobbied for. > > > >If the DX is actually an exact "5 kHz" up, there will still be a > >need to change of one's TX frequency involved on almost every > >transmission ... or should be ... if one is an astute DX'er. Do > >people actually simply go "up five" and blindly call? Really? > > > >K5D is an example ... they are spending hours listening DOWN. I've > >worked them this way on four bands so far. I did this when > operating > >from there ... and other DX locations ... BTW. > > > >My most-used control in working SPLIT is the A/B button. A > quick poke > >of A/B and a tune of the A VFO to put it on the "last > worked" station > >in the pileup and another poke of the A/B button to put the that > >frequency in the B VFO. How could this be simpler? > > > >I'm an old poop. Maybe I'm missing something .... > > > >73! Ken Kopp - K0PP > > [email protected] > > The Kenwood TS-950 series rigs have this. When I first read > the manual it sounded great, but in use it was not very > benificial, for the very reason you described. > > Besides if you are an old poop like me and Ken who has > learned to determine the RX tuning routine of the DX station > before you call, you will be moving the Sub RX up and down > continuously as you chase **HIS RX FREQ** up and down in > frequency. Old Ham Geezers learn to do this after a few > years of practice or reading the Complete DX'r by W9KNI, but > I hope the rest of you don't use the procedure, so Ken and I > can get 'em and scoot away quickly ;o) > > 73, > > Tom, N5GE > > http://www.n5ge.com > http://www.swotrc.net > ______________________________________________________________ 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
