[Elecraft] K3 Beta 5r10 and LINK

[Tom Blahovici]

OK, 
Thanks for the explanations. Very clear. 
Tom

On Feb 15, 2015 10:19 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am not Joe, but I can answer your question. 
>
> In diversity mode, the K3 operates just like a single receiver as far as 
> the controls are concerned (except for the audio effects attributed to 
> diversity).  In other words, if you are operating SPLIT, you would tune 
> to the DX station with VFO A and transmit on VFO B.  To listen to the 
> pileup (on your TX frequency VFO B) you would hold the REV button to 
> listen to the pileup as long as you hold the button, but if you wanted 
> to not hold the button and switch to hear the pileup, the A/B button can 
> be used to switch VFOs until you wanted to switch back (with the A/B 
> button). 
>
> Since you have both the mainRX and the subRX, it makes more sense to use 
> the subRX in its normal mode where you set SPLIT on and listen to the DX 
> on the subRX while transmitting on the mainRX frequency (the subRX 
> frequency does not have transmit capability).  There are some ways to 
> reverse this, but I will not go into details, this is the 'fundamentals' 
> of split operation. 
>
> For linked VFOs, imagine you want to work DX operating with a fixed 2 
> kHz split while the DX station is changing his TX frequencies while 
> maintaining the 2 kHz split - that does not happen very often (maybe never). 
> You can set SPLIT on and separate the VFOs by 2 kHz then invoke LINK.  
> The VFOs will always be 2 kHz apart. 
>
> I don't think that situation occurs frequently.  The only remote 
> occasion I can foresee is for the QRP Foxhunts, but the Foxes rarely 
> will operate SPLIT. 
>
> Normally, the DX station stays on the same frequency and you would want 
> to leave the RX VFO tuned to his frequency while you would want the TX 
> VFO to tune to either the last station worked or a clear frequency 
> within the pileup.  The current TX VFO is displayed in the K3 or KX3 
> display by an arrow.  Pay attention to that arrow lest the "up cops" 
> become irritated with your transmissions. 
>
> IMHO, the changes made in 5.10 simplify the use of the SUB button. No 
> more short hold of the button to link the VFOs and no long hold to 
> enable diversity. 
> How many times have we seen posts to this reflector saying that the VFOs 
> track each other.  This is a result of the difference between a long 
> hold and an extra long hold of the SUB button. 
> Relegating the linked VFOs to a programmable function is a good idea IMHO. 
>
> 73, 
> Don W3FPR 
>
> On 2/15/2015 9:15 PM, Tom Blahovici wrote: 
> > Hi Joe, 
> > I guess there is some confusion then as to the function of Link. 
> > Myself,  I thought it was solely there for diversity mode. 
> > So,  how else would one use the Link function? What is its purpose? 
> > Thanks 
> > 
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