[Elecraft] K3 Beta 5r10 and LINK

[Johnny Siu]

Hello Arie,
I agree with you 'LINK' should not be abandoned.  Please excuse my language, I would consider the idea of abandoning the 'LINK' is stupid.
During APDXC 2012 in Icom HQ Osaka, I spoke to Mr. Inoue JA3FA that I did not understand why IC7800 did not have the function of LINK for both VFOA & B so that I could use the dual receivers for diversity reception.  I also mentioned that their competitor K3 had that function which I often used.
Skillful use of diversity reception will enable you to pick up the odds even with simple antennae.
73
Johnny VR2XMC
       寄件人︰ Arie Kleingeld PA3A <pa3a at xs4all.nl>
 收件人︰ elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
 傳送日期︰ 2015年02月16日 (週一) 1:10 AM
 主題︰ Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta 5r10 and LINK
   
Tony

LINK ties both VFO's to the mail freq dial en keeps them insync when you 
turn the dial knob.
So both receivers keep working on the same freq.

What I often use i diversity listening so with two receivers and two 
antennas on the samen freq.
Diversity puts the main RX audio on the left ear of the headset, and the 
Sub on the right ear. That's the normal situation.
In my case, the F9-F12 buttons in N1MM contain commands to the K3 that 
switch the audio to my liking (that can  also be done in the Config, but 
that takes too much time during QSO) This way I can switch listening 
from diversity (listen both MainRX and SubRX at same time) to only main 
RX (main RX audio on both ears)  or only sub RX (Sub RX audio on both 
ears) depending on where the signal is best.
The commands to do this are in the programmers manual of the K3. It's 
really fun to control some beautiful K3 features from the keyboard like 
this.

73
Arie PA3A






N2TK, Tony schreef op 15-2-2015 om 16:38:
> Hi Arie,
> I am not sure I understand what LINK does to help when both receivers are on
> the same freq. What does F9-F12 below do to help?
> Tnx
> N2TK, Tony
.....
> - F9 = listen A-B
> - F10 = listen A-A
> - F11 = listen B-B
> - F12 contains the commands to copy VFO freq and mode from A to B and LINK
> the VFO's.
>
>

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