[Elecraft] CW operating question - [SPLIT]. [REV] and [F LOCK]

Fri Jul 25 11:13:07 2003

To expand just a wee bit on Ron's method of operating... SPLIT, that is...

For those of you who will eventually use SPLIT mode to try and work those 
DX stations (maybe even locals) who transmit and listen on different 
frequencies, DON'T FORGET THE [F LOCK] BUTTON on your K2.

I can't count the number of times I've caught myself accidently tuning the 
VFO I just set to the DX station's TX frequency, thinking I was tuning the 
secondary VFO (which I'm using to find the station the DX is talking to). 
As a result, I end up NOT hearing the DX station and NOT realizing I'm not 
hearing him until I re-tune back to his TX freq.

Once you establish the transmit (RX) frequency of the fella you want to 
listen to, and have hit [A=B] to 'synch' both VFOs to that frequency, press 
the [F LOCK] button to prevent you from tuning the MAIN VFO off the 
station's TX frequency.

Now, since he's listening on a different frequency (generally a few kHz 
higher), press-hold the [REV] button so you switch the your secondary VFO 
(the VFO you'll eventually use for transmitting, but with which you're 
going to tune for the station the DX is listening to.

Even though you've hit the [F LOCK], when [REV] is pressed you WILL be able 
to tune the secondary VFO as if [F LOCK] was not engaged. BUT, as soon as 
you release the [REV] button you're taken back to your MAIN VFO and it's 
still locked onto the frequency of the station you want to work... leaving 
the secondary VFO (your TX VFO) now locked at the frequency you last tuned 
it to, presumably the freq. of the guy he's working.

This a very handy feature of the K2 and one which will make your DXing life 
a LOT easier in the end.

Thanks Ron, for getting me started... heheh!

73,

Tom  N0SS

At 10:57 PM 7/24/03, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>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.
>
>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=B button to put the transmitter on the
>receiver frequency and I'm zero beat and ready to transmit.
>
>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!
>
>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
>
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