[Elecraft] Split operation

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > I thought I was in split with the marker
 > in the P3 dead on where I wanted to
 > transmit. All was set except I hadn't
 > dedicated that A>B button to "split".

Do you have problems seeing red?  The P3 will show
a RED cursor for the transmit frequency when the K3
is split (or if RTI/XIT is turned on).

I don't understand why someone would want to lose a
significant amount of data displayed in the waterfall
when the red transmit cursor is so prominent.

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV


On 2015-02-24 12:38 AM, Gary Smith wrote:
> Harry,
>
> What you say is true, I can not disagree.
>
> I will say that absent-mindedness is the
> bane of humanity and nobody can remember
> all the right things to do, all of the
> time. No matter how hard we like to think
> of ourselves as doing the perfectly right
> thing, some incredibly competent person,
> somewhere, is making a mistake at this
> moment.
>
> Since transmitting on the Dx Tx frequency
> is one of the deadly sins, creating the
> extra step to make it not happen is a good
> thing.
>
> Just today I clicked on a RTTY spot I
> needed, tuned them in on the scope, set
> the VFO to where I wanted to transmit. All
> was good... I gave my call 4-5 times till
> some ass insulted me calling me a name,
> sending UP UP and then another
> ass-relative of theirs called me names.
>
> I thought I was in split with the marker
> in the P3 dead on where I wanted to
> transmit. All was set except I hadn't
> dedicated that A>B button to "split".  If
> in my P3 screen I saw the word SPLIT in
> the waterfall, I would know I was in
> split. Just having a flashing LED or some
> 1/2" x 1/4" high below the power  button
> saying SPLIT is just not enough for me to
> come close to being 100% on this.
>
> I suspect most of the honest answers you'd
> get here says people have made this
> mistake. I'm for an in your face option to
> make it clear when you are in split. Don't
> want it? Don't enable it. Want to be sure?
> enable it...
>
> Gary
> KA1J
>
>
>
>> The real fix is to just pay attention, and read the screen.
>> I spent years in IT where if people just seemed unable to simply read the screen.
>> It's the same here with the split, people just need to pay attention to what they're doing.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>        From: Ralph Parker <ve7xf at dccnet.com>
>>   To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>>   Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 3:08 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Split operation
>>
>>>> Or, we could replace the *entire* VFO A display with the word "SPLIT"
>> during
>>>> key-down. This would be even more obvious, and it wouldn't mess up the
>> VFO B
>>>> display. VFO B is what you care about during split TX.
>>
>> Why not just have the DVR say "UP, UP" whenever you transmit in split mode.
>> Save wear and tear on the KC Kops.
>>
>> VE7XF
>>
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