[Elecraft] Sub-RX Feature or Spilt Operation

[Roger D Johnson]

w6jd at comcast.net wrote:
> Yes, it does work well if you don"t have fat fingers! Several times
> I've managed to cancel "SPLIT" in the heat of battle producing
> lots of embarrassment and "UPs".
> 
> 73,
> "Red Faced" Doug, W6JD
> K3 #23
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: Vic K2VCO <vic at rakefet.com> 
> 
>> Lee Buller wrote: 
>>
>>> Uh...when I was working Ducie, the DUAL-WATCH feature of my 756PROII 
>>> came in real handy, and I understand the "stock" K3 cannot do that. 
>>> From reading the manual, to operate split that "B" is the Xmit and 
>>> you can listen on "B" by using the REV button and holding it to 
>>> listen. 
>>>
>>> Is that correct? And, for those people who use a K3, how did that 
>>> work for you? Is it a clean operation? 
>> Yes, that's how it works. You can use one hand to hold the REV button 
>> and turn the knob, with a little practice. 
>>
>> It works as well as any radio with a single receiver can. You can switch 
>> back and forth rapidly, but you can't listen to both VFOs at the same time. 
>> -- 
>> 73, 
>> Vic, K2VCO 
>> Fresno CA 
>> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco 

My old TS-940 had the same thing only they called it T-F button. It was
a pain to hold the button in for very long. I thought the up/dwn buttons
on the mic were rather silly with a big VFO knob just inches away so I
brought the T-F button out to the mic jack. Since I use a Heil headset,
I made a small box with 3 pushbutton switches. 1 for PTT, 1 for VFO A/B
switch and 1 for the T-F function (listen on VFO B). I could just sit
back with the box in my hand and not have to reach up to the radio.
Worked very well!

73, Roger

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