[Elecraft] Split operation - display of Transmit frequency on keydown

[dave]

 > too easy to unknowingly have the rig "drop out" of
 > SPLIT

I'm curious about this, how does the K3 "drop out of SPLIT"?

The only way I know to get into and out of split is to hold the A>B 
button. Is there some other front panel way? Is there a firmware bug 
that occasionally causes the K3 to forget it is in split? Or some 
combination of presses of other buttons?

Holding the A>B button takes a conscious effort. Not something that 
happens accidentally.

If it is external software (rig control, logger, etc) doing it, then 
that software needs to be fixed. Not an Elecraft problem.

And, FWIW, the SPLIT icon is rather large and is immediately above the 
VFO B display.

73 de dave
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On 2/18/15 8:23 AM, Doug VE3VS wrote:
> I have been a K3 user for a few years. The one event that has always bugged
> me is that it seems way too easy to unknowingly have the rig "drop out" of
> SPLIT, with the result that I have made far too many transmissions
> (unwittingly) on the DX calling frequency rather than where the frequency of
> VFO B is indicating, and where the cursor on the P3 is showing. Yes, I know
> about the yellow LED and the tiny down indicator and the small (SPLT) that
> should be illuminated. However, many of my previous rigs have always had
> what I considered to be a superb feature, the flipping of the frequency
> readouts, a very visible and noticeable change that can be picked up with
> even peripheral vision if looking somewhat away from the actual readout.  I
> have a single receiver in my K3, and naturally I quite often use the REV
> button to check out the pileup. Notice how easily the display flips.  I
> really wish the display would do exactly that when PTT is asserted, so it
> would clearly indicate that I really am still operating split.
>
> I hope this could become a "user option" in the near future.
> Doug VE3VS
>