I think it is finally beginning to sink in here. Yes DIVRSTY mode would be one way to lock both receive VFOs together, with the transmit VFO on a separate frequency. (Another way would be to LINK the two VFOs and use RIT.) I can now see why you might want to use DIVRSTY mode even for non-diversity receive.
As Joe described, you can use CONFIG:L-MIX-R to mix both receivers into both ears in dual receive, but not in DIVRSTY mode, and you can then use the BALANCE control to adjust the relative strengths of the two receivers. Before doing this in the heat of battle, though, you might want to experiment with it with the receivers LINKed and on the same frequency. Others have already pointed out that there will be "picket-fencing" in the frequency response, and you can actually see this for yourself. With both receivers having matched roofing filters and both tuned to the same frequency and LINKed, using a single antenna, I observe a fairly pronounced "picket-fence" effect in the audio response as I tune past a carrier. In fact, I can hear notches in the band noise as well as in signal strengths as I tune up and down the band. This suggests to me that L-MIX-R would only be useful when the two receive VFOs are tuned to different frequencies. The frequencies must differ by at least a few 10s of Hz - if they are only a few Hz apart, I hear a very annoying, more or less rapid, beat or flutter in the audio. This, of course, only confirms what has already been pointed out (which is a consequence of the basic physics of the situation), but just in case you want or need to see it for yourself, you can easily give it a try... 73, Rich VE3KI ______________________________________________________________ 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
