[Elecraft] Re:REV operation

Mon Oct 14 10:40:04 2002

On 14 Oct 2002 at 4:01, GW4JUN wrote:

> After a year of operation,  I have just discovered the VFO REV switch
> on  my K2. (I am usually quicker on the uptake than this, ahem.....)
> 
> REV works very well , but I noticed that the S meter reading is odd.
> 
>  If I hold REV from say vfo A to vfo B the S meter remains reading the
> signal of vfo A. Same thing in reverse.

I have also never bothered with the REV switch and after you 
mentioned the problem I found it didn't do what I thought it did!  It 
does not REV the VFOs - ie move the A freq to B and vice versa, it is 
really only an extension of the A/B switch and switches the VFOs only 
as long as you keep you finger on the button.  In this respect it 
works unlike any of the other dual function buttons on the K2 in the 
'hold' mode.

I cannot really see the point of it.  I use A/B extensively in pile 
ups working split and am adept at this.  Apart from saving key pushes 
there does not really seem any point.

But I can confirm that my REV switch works quite normally - the S 
meter follows the signal on the appropriate VFO apart from a short 
delay while the AGC settles.

73s Dave G3YMC
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