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From: Ted Roycraft w...@comcast.net
To: 'Elecraft_List' elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 8:19 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 option request
I think it might be useful at times if the frequency of VFO B could
*Display the Shift*:
---I rather like that idea. I've never managed to inteligently use the
split yet. And as for tx 2 up while retaining my rx freq - well I get
totally confused. By the time I've done it I missed the boat.
But Plus 2 or Minus 2 on the dial would be a KISS method I would
To: Ted Roycraft
Cc: Elecraft_List
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 option request
*Display the Shift*:
---I rather like that idea. I've never managed to
inteligently use the
split yet. And as for tx 2 up while retaining my rx freq
- well I get
totally confused. By the time I've done
JMO, but, er can't we just use math? I.e. subtract or add what's in the
VFO B buffer to A? Seems to me this would create more clutter in the options
and add little of value that we can't just do in our heads to begin with.
The only use I could see for this is if you just want to blindly
I agree that would be a nice feature (and an optional one), but only if I
could see the split for a few seconds after the Split function is engaged
to allow me to easily set VFO B. For example, Icom's menu system on the
IC-7800 displays a number (+ or -) when you press and hold split; you dial
I think the split option is a good idea also. People go split in
different ways. If the split is close I almost always use the XIT. I have
a friend who always uses VFO B because he likes to see the frequency for VFO
B. Some logging programs record the split frequency when split using both
Some people like to incorporate the split
frequency into their log so even though an option would be to show the
delta, the output for logging purposes might remain frequency
This would be my other quarrel with this. you'd need to retrofit something
like this to the option, which is likely
Like several others have commented, I see the option
as confusing and unwarranted. Working split is -so-
very easy, and is the way I -always- use my K3 ... or any
other radio. This way the transmitter stays put while
I tweak the receiver tuning.
I -never- use the RIT or XIT functions,
You're making too big a thing about this. It doesn't have to change the
way you operate. It doesn't suddenly make you pounce up 1 without
listening. It just gives you a different perspective of the environment
around the DX's frequency. It doesn't have to change the way logging
programs
Hi Ted:
I personally like your idea and I would benefit from it. I realize that it
would be something you could turn on or off via the CONFIG or MENU or
DISPLAY buttons. I also realize that RIT/XIT give you this feature but if
you have the SUB RX installed it's more likely that you will want
everyone has their own
style and this option would just support that. All I'm suggesting is
that this be an option. No one would force you to use it.
But there's a cost - additional complexity to the K3 feature set. I submit
that you'd only want to do this if there's a compelling reason to do
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:28:29 -, Ken Kopp k...@rfwave.net
wrote:
I agree. Like Ken I have never used RIT/XIT on any rig I've ever
owned and I really do like having command of the RX frequency dial
(Oops! make that display) to be mine and not a feature.
Let's get back to using our heads and
Well LS, if the K3 is already setup _ideally_ for working split, as
you say, then case closed. Forget I said anything.
By the way, I'm not in a hurry to hit the key. I can also do arithmetic
in my head. As I said, it gives you a different perspective on the
environment around the DX. If
Hmm,
Anybody try these things out first?
Double tap AB. Hold SPLIT. Tap XIT. Current XIT setting
displays briefly. Change XIT to split offset desired. While turning
R/XIT knob the offset (e.g. +2.00) displays. When the knob ceases
turning, the VFO B reverts to the transmitting frequency
I don't have enough time in to be a slave to traditiongrin. I'm
still learning my K3.
What I do is:
- find the DX
- hit A B
- tune up the band using the VFO B
- hold Split
- send my call, and so on
- adjust the VFO B frequency as needed.
What I'd like is:
- find the DX ( I enjoy
That might do it Guy. Let me road test it in a pile up if conditions
ever improve.
Thanks,
Ted, W2ZK
On 4/11/2010 12:47 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
Hmm,
Anybody try these things out first?
Double tap AB. HoldSPLIT. Tap XIT. Current XIT setting
displays briefly. Change XIT to split
it in.
--- On Sun, 4/11/10, Guy Olinger K2AV olin...@bellsouth.net wrote:
From: Guy Olinger K2AV olin...@bellsouth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 option request
To: Ted Roycraft w...@comcast.net
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010, 10:47 AM
Hmm,
Anybody try these things out first
Richard Hill wrote:
What I do is:
- find the DX
That's the switch I want on my K3: Find DX. Tap or Hold, I don't care.
73,
Fred K6DGW
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I have the Macro:
SWT13;SWT13;FT1;UPB5;RT0;XT0;
assigned to my PF1 key (Split up 1)
And
SWT13;SWT13;FT1;UPB7;RT0;XT0;
assigned to my PF2 key (Split up 2)
Several times I have been trying to work someone and they decide to go split,
they all of a sudden say up 2, I press the PF2 key and I
True enough John but I prefer to have VFO B on the calling frequencies so I can
use the SUB to listen for the last station worked.
FWIW, I disagree that there are too many options already. As can be seen by
this thread nearly everyone uses their K3 differently so being able to set it
up to
11, 2010 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 option request
I have the Macro:
SWT13;SWT13;FT1;UPB5;RT0;XT0;
assigned to my PF1 key (Split up 1)
And
SWT13;SWT13;FT1;UPB7;RT0;XT0;
assigned to my PF2 key (Split up 2)
Several times I have been trying to work someone and they decide to go
I use the big knob in the middle labeled, A. Mine doesn't have a tap/hold
function. Is that a factory hardware mod that I haven't heard about?
--- On Sun, 4/11/10, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote:
Richard Hill wrote:
What I do is:
- find the DX
That's the switch I want on my
hmm.. I still think it's easier to
- A B and hit Split
- turn VFO B contents + 2 (or the desired offset)
but to each his own
Ok, I'll pour no more gas on this one, I'm QRT...
73,
LS
W5QD
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Yep, that's the way it's done here too.
73,
Tony W7GO
lstavenhagen wrote:
hmm.. I still think it's easier to
- A B and hit Split
- turn VFO B contents + 2 (or the desired offset)
but to each his own
Ok, I'll pour no more gas on this one, I'm QRT...
73,
LS
W5QD
I think it might be useful at times if the frequency of VFO B could be
displayed as an offset from VFO A (optionally of course). For example,
if VFO A is set to 10.113.28 and VFO B is set to 10.114.34, then, if
that option were turned on, instead of displaying VFO B's frequency as
10.114.34,
: [Elecraft] K3 option request
I think it might be useful at times if the frequency of VFO B could be
displayed as an offset from VFO A (optionally of course). For example,
if VFO A is set to 10.113.28 and VFO B is set to 10.114.34, then, if
that option were turned on, instead of displaying
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