[Elecraft] Split N/A

[Dick]

Frank,

Like yourself, I do quite a bit of DX RTTY operation using split, and to
tell you the truth, I just tried what you are talking about, and you are
right!   To me honest with you, I hadn't noticed it before because I have a
nasty habit of "double pushing" the SPLIT button before holding it to engage
split.  This relative simple operation of double pushing the SPLIT button
transfers everything from A to B; then pushing the SPLIT button works just
fine.

Am curious what "a whole lot of button pushing" means to you?   Personally,
I don't consider double pushing the same button I use to go split once,
before holding the same button to be "extremely annoying".   And I do not
have any issue with the K3 not going split with RTTY on one freq and CW/SSB
on the other.  You have to admit operating RTTY and SSB/CW split is not
exactly a common mode.  SSB and CW split (though not common) does occur.

In any case, I hope you do not "dump" your K3 because you find a double
push, and then a "hold" to be that much of an annoyance.

Dick,  K8ZTT

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Frank
Westphal
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 12:03 AM
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Split N/A

Every time I change modes from CW to RTTY or RTTY to CW I get the Split N/A
error message.  I do not get this message when changing modes from 
CW to SSB or SSB to CW.   Since I am primarily a DXer who works split 
having to change from split operation before mode change and then change
back to split operation requires a whole lot of button pushing.  This is
extremely annoying almost to he point of considering selling the K3.  
Elecraft told me this was for my own protection.  I don't need a company to
tell me this is for my own protection and not willing to make a product easy
to operate.  I hope someone out there is radio land has a firmware fix for
this annoying issue.  Otherwise I have enjoyed operating the K3 for the last
year.

Thanks in advance.

Frank
K6FW

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Frank
Westphal
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 12:03 AM
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Split N/A

Every time I change modes from CW to RTTY or RTTY to CW I get the Split N/A
error message.  I do not get this message when changing modes from 
CW to SSB or SSB to CW.   Since I am primarily a DXer who works split 
having to change from split operation before mode change and then change
back to split operation requires a whole lot of button pushing.  This is
extremely annoying almost to he point of considering selling the K3.  
Elecraft told me this was for my own protection.  I don't need a company to
tell me this is for my own protection and not willing to make a product easy
to operate.  I hope someone out there is radio land has a firmware fix for
this annoying issue.  Otherwise I have enjoyed operating the K3 for the last
year.

Thanks in advance.

Frank
K6FW

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