Richard, That is doing it 'the old way', just like having separate transmitter and receiver, only better. I would say the only thing you are missing is the ability to do diversity receive when in that configuration.
73, Don W3FPR Richard Ferch wrote: > After a bit of experimenting, I am finding I prefer a way of operating split > that doesn't require the SPLIT button at all. This is to transmit on VFO A > and listen to the DX station on the subreceiver. > > You find the DX using VFO A, hit A>B, hit SUB and look for the pileup with > VFO A. You never have to press SPLIT or turn the VFO B knob, and you never > have to stop to think which frequency you will be transmitting on - it's > always the frequency in the VFO A display regardless of whether you are > operating split or not. > > Assuming you are quick enough to realize that the DX is operating split in > the first place, about the only other mistake you can make is to forget to > hit SUB, which becomes obvious very quickly. > > If you are using a panadapter like LP-PAN with PowerSDR, you can click on > the pileup in the panadapter display to tune VFO A directly to the pileup. > The focus of the panadapter is always on the pileup, not on the DX station > as it would be when using SPLIT. > > You can even use text decode or the auxiliary display in the VFO B window - > all it costs you is the display of the DX station's frequency; you never > lose sight of your transmit frequency. > > This all seems too easy - what am I missing? > > 73, > Rich VE3KI > K3 #1595 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
