[Elecraft] Using RIT

[Ron D' Eau Claire]

> I find it a bit frustrating to get the RIT "centered" ...I found myself
>  turning
> the RIT on and off quite a bit to get them both on the identical freq.
> 73/Tim Logan NZ7C


Me too, and a lot of ops here have suggested a 'detent' at zero.

I avoid RIT quite easily - I just operate in SPLIT all the time. That way my
receive tuning is always done using the comfortable "big" knob. When I find
a frequency I want to transmit on (such as after zero beating a fellow
calling CQ), I just punch A=B and my transmitter is on the same frequency.
Then I can continue tuning the receiver using the main tuning knob and the
transmitter frequency (set by the other VFO) stays right where it put it.

Working DX using split, I find him, hit A=B to bring the other vfo on his
frequency, then hit A/B to move to the other vfo and tune up to a clear spot
to call him. Hit A/B again to switch back to the VFO listening on his
frequency and I'm already to go. Any time I want to listen to my transmit
frequency I just hold A/B a moment to 'peek' at the other frequency and be
sure it is still clear. If you HOLD the A/B button, it will switch to the
over vfo, then revert automatically to the original vfo when you release it.

For many years as a Ham I used separate transmitters and receivers and grew
used to changing the transmitter frequency independently of the receiver.
The K2 works exactly this way in SPLIT, so it is very intuitive for me.
OTOH, the process of using RIT on top of XIT on top of a "main tuning" has
always seemed a bit weird - AND I like tuning always with the nice big knob.

Ron AC7AC
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