[Elecraft] RIT/XIT

[Tom Althoff]

While I currently never use RIT/XIT and rely on the A/B split feature I 
think I am going to try to learn to incorporate their use in my daily 
operation.   Their advantage for most <5kHz splits would be to allow me to 
leave VFO-A set for CW mode and CW freqs and VFO-B for SSB mode in the phone 
band and still be able to work most splits.   Of course, 40-SSB still 
requires the wider range of the A/B split.

I'd love to hear more about W4TD's external VFO.  I wonder if he has a 
website with info on what he did?

-- Tom K2TA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J F" <phriendly1 at yahoo.com>
To: <btippett at alum.mit.edu>; "Elecraft Discussion List" 
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Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:18 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] RIT/XIT


> >There are several buttons on my K2 that are rarely
> (if ever) used - for instance, I never use RIT and XIT
> since split operation is available.
>
>         I agree.  I've never understood what problem
> XIT is intended to solve.  Both RIT/XIT are completely
> unnecessary in a rig with split and I detest using
> that tiny knob in lieu of the Main VFO knob.
>
>
> Hi Bill & Don,
>
> I like this feature and use it quite frequently. It
> comes in very handy in contests, particularly when
> folks call off your frequency. N1MM toggles RIT/XIT
> from the bandmap screen. I set mine RIT a bit off
> frequency and I can flip/flop back and forth to see if
> someone is calling a bit out of my window.
>
> It's also faster for hitting DX who are listening
> higher or lower than their simplex frequency.
>
> I generally only use the second VFO for the monster
> pileups where you can be 5 to 10 kHz away from the Tx
> station's frequency.
>
> Of course, I went without VFO B and used RIT/XIT more
> frequently in the past. I may be more comfortable with
> it.
>
> One of the guys at work, W4TD, built an outboard VFO
> for his K2. It's quite nice. Two features that I
> really like are a display of the VFO B frequency and a
> split LED. They both would keep idiots like me from
> making a mistake and Txing on the wrong frequency,
> because I thought I was/wasn't split and I'd know
> where I was Txing as well.
>
> I don't know how many devices you can hang on the
> serial port, before you start bogging the K2 and/or
> computer down. The outboard VFO sure is cute, but will
> have four devices daisy chained off the K2 port.
>
> Cheers,
> Julius
> n2wn
>
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