[Elecraft] Split operation

[Bill Frantz]

On 2/24/15 at 6:04 AM, lists at subich.com (Joe Subich, W4TV) wrote:

>>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 managed to transmit on the DX frequency in my early days. (A 
kindly ham read my QRZ page, realized I was quite new to this 
kind of operation, and called me on the telephone to do a little 
elmering. I am still very grateful to him.)

I was using the SVGA on my P3 where the difference between red 
and magenta is somewhat subtle. (If I had looked at the P3 
screen, it would have been much more obvious.) 20-20 hindsight 
says that perhaps the VFO-B cursor should have been yellow, 
turning to red when in split. There may be even better choices 
when we consider working for color blind people.

73 Bill AE6JV

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