[SFDXA] Icom 756 two VFO 40 Meter Operation

[Pete Rimmel N8PR]

BlankIt occurred to me last night between the slow 40 meter QSO's that I =
should send the following to those of you that have Icom 756's Pro's and =
other 2 vfo rigs that have the following capability.=20

I am sure that some of you have good ways to run 2 VFO's on 40 meters =
for the split operation,=20
but I have found that the following is the fastest and easiest for me.  =
You might try it.

By pushing the "split" button and holding it, you get the two VFO's on =
the same frequency,
and the lower register goes "dark" which means that is the VFO =
controlled by the main tuning knob.

Next push the "tuning speed" button to get the little arrow over the =
freq. and get 1 KHz tuning.=20

This is the fast way to get from freq to freq as you set your transmit =
freq to that announced by the DX station.=20

Now here is the fun part.  turn on your RIT for the recieved frequency.  =
It will go +/- 10 KHz. =20
BUT---  If you tune up or down anywhere in that 20 KHz range, and then =
press and HOLD the RIT button for 1 second, it will reset the RIT to =
ZERO and add or subtract the RIT amount to the Recieve register.=20

You can go all the way up or down the band without ever having to switch =
the recieve register to the main knob.  This makes it easy.=20

You will never transmit on the wrong VFO, since you are always in split. =
 You will never loose a station by turning the wrong knob while trying =
to set the TX freq., since that is the OTHER knob.  You can tune in 2 =
stations, and work one while waiting for the other, by quick touching =
the RIT and toggling from the set freq to the RIT freq. =20

If you play with this a bit, you will see how easy it is to do.  If you =
have another rig, that does the same function-- i.e. add or subtract the =
RIT freq by holding the button down, you can do this with any rig the =
same way. =20

Last night was a bit poor on 40 SSB, I only worked 80 Countries.  I hope =
the band opens up tonight.  I talekd to some others, who said 80 and 160 =
sucked... ditto for 40. =20

y'all have fun and don't eat too much contest chili or chocolate or =
whatever keeps you awake. =20

The runs in hte middle of a run can be a bitch.=20

73,=20

Pete N8PR




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