[Elecraft] cw operating question

Fri Jul 25 00:03:17 2003

My K2 runs permanently in "SPLIT" mode. That way I tune the receiver
separately from the transmitter using the main tuning control. Adjusting =
the
tuning knob during a QSO has no effect whatsoever on the transmitter
frequency.=20

When I tune in a signal I want to call, or find a clear frequency on =
which
to make a call, I just hit the A=3DB button to put the transmitter on =
the
receiver frequency and I'm zero beat and ready to transmit.=20

RIT is nice, but I sometimes forget to turn it off, it has limited =
range,
and I have to remember to turn it off or the next time I make a call I =
won't
be transmitting on the same frequency that I'm receiving on!=20

Having been "raised" on separate transmitters and receivers way back in =
the
50's, SPLIT is much more "intuitive" for me.

Ron AC7AC
K2 # 1289

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] =
[mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Bruce D. McLaughlin
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 5:43 PM
To: 'John Cooper'; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] cw operating question

The RIT control is definitely one of the ways you can and should =
compensate
for transmitter drift by the station you are working. Unfortunately, =
some
folks use their VFO to adjust the receive pitch to their liking.  Of =
course,
that also moves their transmit frequency...

Bruce - W8FU