[Elecraft] Workaround for providing automatic SSB < > CW VFO offset

[Bill W5WVO]

Wayne,

This is why I emphasized the KNOB, not the VFO. When you swap VFOs A and B by 
pressing the A/B button, the locked status follows what was originally VFO B and 
now becomes VFO A. What we want here is for the VFO B KNOB (i.e., the middle 
one) to stay locked, regardless of which VFO frequency it is controlling, 
because moving it changes the 700 Hz offset when VFO B is not locked. If the 
locked status didn't follow the frequency from VFO B to VFO A, it would work to 
prevent accidentally corrupting the offset. However, that is clearly not the way 
LOCK was designed to work.

Bill W5WVO


wayne burdick wrote:
> Bill, you can lock VFO B by going into BSET mode, then holding LOCK.
> If the VFOs are linked, this preserves VFO B tracking.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
> On Jun 12, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Bill W5WVO wrote:
>
>> I have discovered one "gotcha" in my workaround, and that is the
>> inability to
>> lock the "B" VFO knob -- the KNOB, not the VFO -- because if you
>> accidentally
>> touch it, you lose the 700 Hz offset. I've been training myself not
>> to touch it,
>> but it would be nice if there was a way to lock it down so it
>> wouldn't do
>> anything.
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