[1000mp] Key Clicks Solution?

[Jim Smith]

Hi Bill,

Indeed, you are, of course, correct that turning the knob of the Run VFO 
will change your transmit frequency.  I don't turn the knob of the Run 
VFO - in fact I hit the lock button so accidentally hitting the knob 
won't QSY me. 

For CW I use the 500 Hz Collins mech filter in the Sub Rx, run on the 
Sub and tune for mults with the Main.  If someone calls me off 
frequency, as long as they're not too far off, it's no big deal.  If I 
think I hear someone way off freq I can hit the Nor filter button and 
there he is.

For SSB it's the same except that I use the Nor filter on the Sub Rx.  
It is, however, much more of a problem if someone calls me way off 
freq.  To deal with this I have programmed a few F keys in TRLog to do 
the following:

Alt-F2 - Turns off Dual mode, makes sure Split mode is on, and puts the 
Main VFO on the run freq.  You can now tune in an off-freq responder 
using whatever filters, DSP, etc. that you wish.  When you transmit 
you're still using the Sub VFO.

Alt-F1 - Turns on Dual mode, makes sure Split mode is on, and puts the 
Main VFO back to wherever it was when you hit Alt-F2.  Sub VFO is still 
on the Run frequency.

Alt-F3 - Turns off Dual mode and Split mode.  Now if you transmit you 
are transmitting on the A VFO frequency, presumably to answer a mult's 
CQ.  To go back to running, hit Alt-F1.

I agree with you about the Sub Rx filtering.  I find that when someone 
answers my CW CQ and isn't quite strong that I can never get the call 
the first time.  I obviously need more practice.  In the meantime, I 
bought a 250 Hz Inrad to replace the 500 in the Sub Rx in the hopes of 
reducing the racket in my Run ear.  The 500 will move to the Main.

I'm not saying that this is the best way to deal with the situation.  
However, it is a way.  Works FB with TR.  Don't know if other logging 
programs allow you to send rig commands with the Function keys so can't 
comment on that.

I call this mode of operation SO1.5R.  One of these days I'll get around 
to publishing the details.  There always seems to be something more 
pressing, like get an inverted L up so I can get on 160.

Hope this was of some interest.

73 de Jim Smith   VE7FO

Bill Tippett wrote:

> VE7FO wrote:
> >I run on the Sub VFO and tune for mults with the Main.  Wouldn't this
> have satisfied your need or am I missing something?
>
>         Jim, whichever VFO you assign TX to cannot then be tuned in RX
> without using CLAR...unless you want your TX frequency jumping around
> as you answer callers on your run frequency.  As soon as you lock
> your TX to either Main or Sub VFO, you then can no longer use the
> large knobs to tune, and must use the little CLAR knob.  Another reason
> not to run with the Sub VFO is that the filtering is not nearly as
> good, and I normally want the best filtering for my run frequency.
>
>         The way I really preferred to run with my MP was to put TX on
> the Sub VFO, lock it there, and then use the large Main VFO knob to
> RX on my run frequency.  The problem comes about when you try to
> use both large knobs for RX (Main for run, Sub for S&P).  I never found
> a way to do that in the MP without using CLAR.  If you have, I'm all
> ears and stand corrected.  I have big hands and simply hate using
> the little CLAR knob when that big Main knob is sitting there unused.
>
>         This would be such a simple firmware change, I'm amazed Yaesu
> never considered it for the later Mark V versions...of course they
> didn't fix their clicks or IF hiss in those either.
>
>                                                 73,  Bill  W4ZV
>
>
>
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