[Elecraft] CQ Contest

[xdavid at cis-broadband.com]

Actually, I discovered that you CAN adjust the RIT while in transmit.  You just can't see the frequency offset on the display while you turn the knob, but it does change and the display accurately updates when you finish transmitting.  I found I was able to rather easily estimate how far the RIT would move as I turned the knob, and I often adjusted the RIT to better pick up the calling station even as I was sending him my report, or asking for a repeat on his callsign, etc.  When running a pile it is usually better to keep the activity going to keep other callers from jumping in, so I would often do that on the fly as I was adjusting the RIT.

And of course if you have to go very far afield to pick up someone, you can jump back quickly to center while you stand by for the next caller (or call CQ) by just pressing the RIT/XIT CLR button.

73,
Dave   AB7E



------Original Mail------
From: "Julius Fazekas n2wn" <phriendly1 at yahoo.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:30:06 -0700 PDT
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CQ Contest



Ahhh, the RIT/XIT, my only beef with the K3... still can't adjust them while
in transmit. That was a sweet feature on the K2!

73,
Julius