[Elecraft] Operating split without using SPLIT

[Don Wilhelm]

Richard,

That is doing it 'the old way', just like having separate transmitter 
and receiver, only better.
I would say the only thing you are missing is the ability to do 
diversity receive when in that configuration.

73,
Don W3FPR

Richard Ferch wrote:
> After a bit of experimenting, I am finding I prefer a way of operating split
> that doesn't require the SPLIT button at all. This is to transmit on VFO A
> and listen to the DX station on the subreceiver.
>
> You find the DX using VFO A, hit A>B, hit SUB and look for the pileup with
> VFO A. You never have to press SPLIT or turn the VFO B knob, and you never
> have to stop to think which frequency you will be transmitting on - it's
> always the frequency in the VFO A display regardless of whether you are
> operating split or not.
>
> Assuming you are quick enough to realize that the DX is operating split in
> the first place, about the only other mistake you can make is to forget to
> hit SUB, which becomes obvious very quickly.
>
> If you are using a panadapter like LP-PAN with PowerSDR, you can click on
> the pileup in the panadapter display to tune VFO A directly to the pileup.
> The focus of the panadapter is always on the pileup, not on the DX station
> as it would be when using SPLIT.
>
> You can even use text decode or the auxiliary display in the VFO B window -
> all it costs you is the display of the DX station's frequency; you never
> lose sight of your transmit frequency.
>
> This all seems too easy - what am I missing?
>
> 73,
> Rich VE3KI
> K3 #1595
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