[1000mp] Clarifier Fix?

[Bill Tippett]

N1EU wrote:
>The other issue I find important when I'm running is that the 
>freq display shows OFFSET relative to my TX frequency.

        I look at the Main (RX) and Sub (TX) frequency displays 
for this.  I normally set my TX to some even .10 kHz frequency
and my RX to either + or - .20 kHz of that depending on whether
I'm using LSB CW or USB CW.  Of course I also use fairly broad
filters in CW contests so I can hear the guys that cannot zero 
beat.  If I set up the RX as above, I can easily hear guys + and -
3-400 Hz either side of zero beat if I also set Pitch to about 
450 Hz.  I normally set Pitch as low as possible (300 Hz) for 
DX-ing but contests are a completely different situation where 
you really want to hear what is going on around you rather than 
just optimizing one frequency.

        Once you get accustomed to this it is very easy.  I just
cannot imagine spending hours in a CW contest tuning with that 
little clarifier knob!  I've done this for almost 20 years now
and previously used the A and B VFO's in my TS930S the same way.
Although it did not have simultaneous display of both TX and
RX like the MP has, it did display the TX frequency when 
transmitting.  

        Try this and I'll bet you'll never go back to a clarifier.  
I don't even know if my clarifier is defective since I never use it!

                                         73,  Bill  W4ZV