[Elecraft] K3: "Qick Split"

[Andrew Faber]

I can't recall which one, but I had a radio that worked exactly this way. 
My suggestion would be not to change existing button usage at all, but do as 
Vic suggests, and allow a programmable button to be set to a "quick split," 
that would equalize frequency (or maybe put in a variable offset), turn on 
SUB and go into SPLIT mode.  Then it could be used or ignored at will.
  73, andy, ae6y
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vic K2VCO" <vic at rakefet.com>
To: "Bill W4ZV" <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: "Qick Split"


> Bill W4ZV wrote:
>
>> 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!
>
> The most important part of quick split is not the offset. I would be happy 
> with an offset
> of zero, or an offset of "don't change VFO B".
>
> What I want is one button that will (at least) activate SPLIT and SUB. 
> This will prevent
> me from carefully finding the station the DX is working with the 
> subreceiver and then
> calling him -- without activating SPLIT.
>
> Believe me, this is easy to do and very embarrassing.
>
> If I could have everything I want, it would do three things:
>
> A->B
> SUB
> SPLIT
>
> I would want this to be implemented as a programmable function key rather 
> than an optional
> behavior for SPLIT, because there are times when I want SPLIT to be just 
> SPLIT. One way to
> do it would be a menu entry that would let you choose an offset which 
> could be zero or 'no
> change' and then assign it to a function key.
> -- 
> 73,
> Vic, K2VCO
> Fresno CA
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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