On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 21:32:56 -0700 Brian Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote:
> > No, they do not. In fact, we don't really need a knob for VFO > frequency at all, at least not with digital modes. The problem that > just about everyone is having here is the idea that the VFO is a > primary control and therefore needs a specific knob to control it. > This is not really the case. The primary control is output frequency, > for which we currently have no specific knob. We determine the output > frequency by changing two knobs -- audio "carrier" frequency and VFO > frequency, not just one. What I would really like is proper output > frequency display and a logical combination of controls so that, in > effect, I have only a single control for output frequency. The VFO > frequency display on the front of fldigi is nothing more than a > duplicate of the one on the front of the transceiver and is therefore > a waste of display real-estate. The emission frequency is much more > useful because that is what I need to compare to things like channels > centers and band edges. > > Continuing in this vein, I am imagining that I set output frequency > directly on the fldigi waterfall. Wherever I put the cursor I see > that actual emission frequency in the frequency display. The software > manipulates both VFO frequency and audio subcarrier frequency for me > and I don't need to > > > > Would a bigger font for the qso frequency field (the first one of > > the log fields) be enough of an improvement for you ? > > > > Why? I want a display that is always updated and not tied to the > logging display, a display that tells me precisely the frequency of > my RF emissions. > > Perhaps a switch for the primary frequency display to allow it to > display actual frequency or VFO frequency. > You know, your argument actually makes sense. All the data is already there, it's just matter of doing the proper math. A user-configurable knob to let fldigi know how the user wants the control to operate would probably accomodate different operating styles. -- Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ fldigi-alpha mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/fldigi-alpha
