[Elecraft] Feature request

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

I have to disagree ... quick split would cause too may 
other problems like losing the frequency if one has 
already set VFO B (subreciever) to the desired place. 

Except for actions explicitly designed to change frequency 
(tune the VFO, change band, recall a memory, etc.), the user 
interface should never change the frequency and it should 
never change the frequency of the "other" VFO.  

Any "Quick split" function should require an explicit 
input sequence ... perhaps "Freq Enter, Split" or "XIT, 
set the offset, Split" ... but the current Split 
function should not be overloaded with "quick split." 

Even if "Quick Split" were a menu option for "Split," 
the time to through the menu to change the function 
would be greater than the current multiple keystroke 
method of setting a specific split.  Since not every 
"split" is the same (5 to 25 KHz on phone vs. 1 to 5 
on CW in most cases) is useful only on one mode and 
only if the preset value happens to match the other 
station's offset.  

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ian 
> White GM3SEK
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 3:28 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Feature request
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 73 from Ian GM3SEK
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