Merv Schweigert wrote:
>
> I am some what confused with the issue. I also had assumed,
> that if when I installed the 2nd receiver that split operation was
> possible. To say it takes a 2nd transmitters is not true. It has
> to be a switching issue in what I call software, firmware by others.
>
> For instance my old FT-1000D, if you put vfo A on 14.0 mhz
> and vfo B on 7.0 mhz and hit the split button you listen on 14
> and transmit on 7. or you can cancel split and work whatever
> band is on the vfo selected. In essence you can work two bands
> at the same time. Have done that since 1990 so its no new idea.
> And I can use the Sub rx to listen to any band no matter if its
> above or below the main rx band.
>
> What am I missing other than assuming that the K3 is lacking the
> basic operations of 25 year old radios? At some point the increased
> performance in one area is over ridden by the lack of features in
> many other areas.
> The idea of buying two radios to do the job is also not viable,
> spending 1000 bux and doing a few mods on a 25 year old radio
> will yield a pretty competitive radio in comparison to 8000 worth
> of K3's?
>
> Seems that this can be implemented and if its not possible due to
> hardware we have a problem. Maybe not for some but a lot of
> us. Big enough for me to reconsider keeping the K3.
>
You can do all of the above as long as you remember that the band you want
to TX on **MUST** be the same one the K3's VFO A is tuned to. If it's not,
then simply press A/B. Why is this so difficult to understand? You also
work cross-band but VFO A must be the band you want to transmit on.
73, Bill
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