Ah...QSL. Rather than fix this problem, I think I'll just endeavor to 
add the desired pitch offset when switching modes, like you originally 
wanted :)

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Jun 12, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Bill W5WVO wrote:

> Wayne,
>
> This is why I emphasized the KNOB, not the VFO. When you swap VFOs A 
> and B by pressing the A/B button, the locked status follows what was 
> originally VFO B and now becomes VFO A. What we want here is for the 
> VFO B KNOB (i.e., the middle one) to stay locked, regardless of which 
> VFO frequency it is controlling, because moving it changes the 700 Hz 
> offset when VFO B is not locked. If the locked status didn't follow 
> the frequency from VFO B to VFO A, it would work to prevent 
> accidentally corrupting the offset. However, that is clearly not the 
> way LOCK was designed to work.
>
> Bill W5WVO
>
>
> wayne burdick wrote:
>> Bill, you can lock VFO B by going into BSET mode, then holding LOCK.
>> If the VFOs are linked, this preserves VFO B tracking.
>>
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>>
>> On Jun 12, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Bill W5WVO wrote:
>>
>>> I have discovered one "gotcha" in my workaround, and that is the
>>> inability to
>>> lock the "B" VFO knob -- the KNOB, not the VFO -- because if you
>>> accidentally
>>> touch it, you lose the 700 Hz offset. I've been training myself not
>>> to touch it,
>>> but it would be nice if there was a way to lock it down so it
>>> wouldn't do
>>> anything.
>>
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>>
>> http://www.elecraft.com
>
>
>

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