[Elecraft] K3: "Qick Split"

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Now that I found the Diplay button, split is much easier.

However it was nice to hit quick split and have the B VFO automatically = A
VFO and have it jump up 5 or 10 KC.  At that point I always tune for the
last guy worked.  The 5 or 10 KC split is just convenient.

It is by no means a show stopper either way. 


"A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may
never get over." Ben Franklin
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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill W4ZV
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 7:21 AM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: "Qick Split"




Ken Kopp-3 wrote:
> 
> My most-used control in working SPLIT is the A/B button.  A quick poke 
> of A/B and a tune of the A VFO to put it on the "last worked" station 
> in the pileup and another poke of the A/B button to put the that 
> frequency in the B VFO.  How could this be simpler?
> 

It's simpler to use REV which is momentary so you don't TX on the DX station
when you invariably forget to poke A/B again.  After awhile you can learn to
tune the pileup with your left pinky while also depressing REV with your
left index finger.  Kenwood introduced this concept with "TF-SET" in the
TS-930S in the early 1980s and Icom copied it with "XFC".

I also question the usefulness of Quick Split.  You need to learn to tune
your TX to anticipate where DX is actually listening rather than where he
says he **says** he's listening.  They are often not the same!

http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00011.html

73,  Bill



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