[Elecraft] Split operation [END of Thread]

[Eric Swartz -WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

Guys - Let's end this thread for now. Wayne and I will discuss this next 
week. (I'm currently at 30,000 ft flying back to CA from a meeting in 
TX. American Air's in-flight WiFi  is pretty cool for workaholics like us..)

Also, please note from the latest manual that quickly double pressing 
A->B copies ALL VFO A info to VFO B, including mode. We added that some 
time back specifically for this need.

73, Eric  WA6HHQ
List Moderator

van fair wrote:
> MY suggestion  which is supported by many more than oppose it, still allows 
> you to do nothing, leave the menu selection in default and you end up with 
> exactly what you have now.  I have been a dxer and a ham for 57 years  and 
> have earned the right to make my suggestions especially when they dont 
> affect your having like it is now. 73 Van
>
> -- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Muns" <w0yk at msn.com>
> To: "'van fair'" <giw at bellsouth.net>
> Cc: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 2:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Split operation
>
>
>   
>>> I believe that 98% of all of us use split to work DX and this
>>> always occurs in the same mode. It seems to me that having a
>>> menu item that would allow us to choose  to have VFO B always
>>> be in the same mode as VFO  A would be a helpful thing. It
>>> would eliminate the step of always having to make B equal A
>>> with a double tap. The Other choice for the menu selection
>>> would be to have it exactly as it is now. I dont see any
>>> downside to this solution.  If you agree please let Wayne and
>>> company know. The way it is now makes it more trouble to go
>>> split than with any other transceiver.  Van W4GIW
>>>       
>> I don't agree.  Only making the mode the same between the VFOs is a poor 
>> UI.
>> What about the frequency?  What if VFO-B is up in the SSB sub-band when 
>> you
>> have VFO-A in the CW sub-band?  Now, you have another K3 operation to get 
>> it
>> where you want it.  A>B is the perfect feature in this application.  If 
>> the
>> menu option made the VFOs equivalent in all VFO parameters (A>B) when it
>> invoked SPLIT, that might make sense.  In the vast majority of times I go
>> into SPLIT, I want to tap A>B first to be sure the VFOs are totally equal
>> before tuning VFO-B up into the pile-up.  I find it helpful for the VFO-B
>> frequency to start from a known point, i.e., the DX TX frequency, before I
>> start tuning the pileup.
>>
>> Ed - W0YK
>>
>>     
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