" perhaps there should be a note in the User Manual that, at least for Icom rigs, the 'Fake It' split mode is preferred/recommended?"
"Rig" mode works fine with my IC-7200 and IC-7300. 73, Paul K6PO On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 1:45 PM Martin Davies G0HDB <marting0...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4 Mar 2019 at 4:51, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: > > > Both conditions need to fixed. VFO-A needs to be set as selected VFO > > and VFO-B set to the split freq at all times. Otherwise a tune > > instigated from an external source will be on the wrong frequency.And > > yes...I know you can click Tune in WSJT-X and then VFO-B gets > > set...but that leaves the amplifier in-line with too much power to > > tune and for some could fry the amplifier. > > Mike > > Hi Mike (and all), for what it's worth I've found that using the 'Fake It' > split mode, rather than > the 'Rig' mode, works best with my Icom IC-7600. > > Some years ago, when I first tried using the 'Rig' mode with WSJT I found > that the time taken > to switch VFOs (from A to B in my case) and then to re-tune the > newly-selected VFO with the > desired offset (eg. +1kHz) was significantly longer than just re-tuning > the active VFO, > presumably because there was a longer command sequence to be received, > processed and > then actioned by the rig. The delay in the rig switching VFOs and then > re-tuning was > resulting in the transmission not starting until (IIRC) some 2-3secs into > a Tx period. > > I would assume that using the 'Fake It' mode would work equally well > irrespective of which > VFO was the active one, so perhaps there should be a note in the User > Manual that, at least > for Icom rigs, the 'Fake It' split mode is preferred/recommended? > > -- > 73, Martin G0HDB > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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