[Elecraft] Feature request

[Ian White GM3SEK]

W0FK wrote:
>
>Having a "quick split" feature would be great! My IC-7800 has that, and 
>I miss it on the K3. Hold split, enter the "up" split frequency (up 1, 
>up 5, etc.) and the seconnd VFO is there. No counting or adding.
>

"Quick split" - otherwise known as "auto split" or "pileup split" - is 
an option that has been available in serious transceivers for almost 
twenty years.

If this option was available and selected, then holding SPLIT would 
automate the following sequence which presently has to be done manually:

1. Double-tap A>B (reset VFO B, and sub-rx if present, to a known state)

2. Hold SPLIT.

3. Tune VFO B away from VFO A by a selected amount (+/- in 1kHz steps, 
either by pre-selection or 'on the fly' - but the latter would require 
extensive error trapping).

4. Turn sub-rx on (if it wasn't already on).

5. Disable TX on VFO A frequency until SPLIT is canceled (error trapping 
for the A/B, REV and A>B buttons).

At present this whole sequence relies on the operator doing all the 
right things, and then continuing not to do any wrong things.  Errors 
are punished by major embarrassment (literally, world-class).

Nevertheless, this function should only be an OPTION. It will not be 
needed by anyone who never works a pileup, is never in a hurry and/or 
never makes a mistake.



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73 from Ian GM3SEK