[Elecraft] K2 SPLIT AND DX CLUSTER SPOTS WITH LOGGER 32 & N1MM

[Chris Page]

For general day to day operating, I normally use the K2 in SPLIT mode 
(with the flashing V over A on the front panel) and have the 
Secondary Menu option set to PER.

I use Logger 32 connected to the DX Cluster through the Internet and 
have noticed that when I click onto a Cluster spot, the K2 correctly 
goes to the frequency and mode of the spot, but the SPLIT option is 
cancelled and the K2 returns to its default setting of no SPLIT.  
This happens whether the Secondary Menu SPLT option is set to NOR or 
PER.

Is this the norm, and if so is anyone aware of a mod that can be done 
to prevent it happening, please?

It is especially annoying when a DX station working split is spotted 
on the Cluster.  The K2 is correctly sent to the DX station's 
transmitting frequency, and after using the A/B button to find the DX 
station's listening frequency, I transmit only to find I am 
transmitting on the DX station's transmitting frequency because the 
SPLIT option has been cancelled and I have forgotten to switch it 
back on again.

Of course, this can be got round by hitting the SPLIT button after 
clicking on the spot, but in the heat of the chase for the DX 
station, I often forget to do this.  In any case, in a well designed 
radio (like the K2) it should not be necessary to have to remember to 
do this.

Although I don't use the K2's RIT option, the same thing happens with 
that, it is cancelled when you click on to a Cluster spot.

I use N1MM Logger for contesting and the same thing happens when you 
click on a DX station in that program.  The problem must therefore be 
with the design of the K2 and not the logging program.

I searched the Elecraft Reflector Archives for an answer and found 
that WA2DGD asked the same question in July 2001.  Larry was using 
the DX4WIN logging program and the answer provided was to use the 
TS850-TS950 option in DX4WIN for setting the radio, but Logger 32 
only has a KENWOOD ALL option, which is the only one that works with 
the K2, and N1MM Logger specifically has an Elecraft setting.

Thanks for any help.

73 de Chris, G4BUE