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

[Ted Roycraft]

One way you can "drop out of SPLIT" is this.  If the "SPLIT SV" menu 
item is OFF, and you are operating split, if you switch to another band 
and turn SPLIT off, then come back to the original band, SPLIT will be 
OFF.  Turn "SPLIT SV" ON to fix this.  That way, the split status per 
band is maintained.

73, Ted, W2ZK

On 2/18/2015 11:21 AM, dave wrote:
>
> > 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
> ab9ca/4
>
>
>
> 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
>>
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