[Elecraft] K3: "Qick Split"

[Brett Howard]

I believe a LONG time ago before I even had a radio I made a suggestion
of a quick split that Wayne mentioned he was contemplating adding to the
radio.  I don't really remember how I'd structured it but I was hoping
for a way where I could simply assume that the MHZ portion would remain
the same and I could just enter the last 3 digits and not even have to
hit enter.  

So when you hear this is JA7XYZ listening this frequency and 234 you
simply hit split 234 and boom you're ready to start talking.  For CW
split I find its always smarter to lurk around and find the right spot
to plop your bait.  But I'm usually so slow at copying that its tough
for me... hihi  Thats why I'm often more of a rag chew guy when it comes
to CW.  But my hardcore CW buddies sure love playing with the K3 when
they come over.

~Brett (KC7OTG)

On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 11:25 -0800, Andrew Faber wrote:
> 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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