[Elecraft] Split while using Diversity

[Ed K1EP]

At 12/3/2008 06:06 PM, K2MK wrote:

>Here's what I am experiencing with MCU 2.67. When in diversity I 
>have VFO B tracking VFO A and I am using a separate receive antenna 
>for VFO B. To activate SPLIT, the only way to actually change my 
>transmit frequency is to turn the VFO B dial thus loosing my diversity.
>
>Using the A/B button allows me to listen to the original frequency 
>on either receiver but not both. And transmission will occur on VFO 
>B requiring me to swap back before transmitting again. That's a problem.
>
>The only way I see this working is to use XIT instead of split. I'm 
>just not a fan of XIT. So am I missing something?
>
>73,
>Mike K2MK

That's basically how I operated this past weekend.  But I think I 
realized that I was missing something.  Those in the know can correct 
me.  It has to do with the blinking second decimal point, which 
confused me.  At times, I saw A blink, B blink, and A and B blink.  I 
believe that there are two methods to achieve diversity.  First is 
the way that Mike described and that I generally did over the 
weekend.  You enable the SUB by pressing SUB.  You press RX ANT to 
get AUX.  Then you tap A>B twice to get both the receivers to be the 
same frequency and filter settings.  Then you press and hold SUB for 
a second to link.  In this case, I believe the second decimal in VFO 
B will blink, indicating LINK.  However, there is another method for 
achieving diversity.  If you press and hold SUB for two seconds, 
first you will see LINK and then DIVRSTY.  I believe in this case, 
the second decimal in VFO A will blink and the settings indicated on 
VFO A will control both receivers and set the sub antenna to 
AUX.  This allows you to use VFO B for SPLIT or a temp register.  Is 
this interpretation correct???