[Elecraft] Special Split Operation

Brett Howard brett at livecomputers.com
Sun Mar 2 23:14:07 EST 2008


Lets see if anyone has any opinions on this:

How about the possibility of a special single band split mode.  After
doing a bit of playing on this latest contest I saw possible value in a
mode where direct entry automatically assumes you're going to stay on
the same band.

So if you want to work split and the DX station says <my_call> listening
on 225 and you're on 7.085 and you're in this special mode.  Then you
could just switch to the other VFO and press enter 225 and then pop back
and be ready to rock and roll.  Not having to enter the 7 or the 00 at
the end could save you a bit of time.  There are times where its
something like 7.225.5 and for that one could possibly setup the RIT/XIT
knob to be able to pull that off in one detent.  

Not sure what button I'd implement this on but something in the area of
freq ent seems reasonable.  Would be nice if you could skip the freq ent
button in this mode too as that would make times even faster but would
make operation of the rest of the rig a bit of an annoyance.

Sorry if my operation is a bit vague but I don't have a K3 so I'm having
to go just off of what I've read in the manual and of the operation of
my TS-450Sat.

Thanks much for your insights gentlemen.

~Brett (KC7OTG)


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