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dhhdeh

K3: "Qiuck Split"

It's an excellent feature that automates several keystrokes and gets you
there or 'near there' in a real hurry.

If you chase DX seriously have had it before you will want it again. If
ICOM has done it for about 20 years why can't the K3?

For the life of me I cannot fathom how some of you guys obsess endlessly
about enhancements for obscure operating modes but get so defensive over
one that is lacking and really needed for serious SSB or CW DX work.

Flame on at my expense.

73 de N1LQ-Dave
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Jim-168

Re: K3: "Qiuck Split"

Amen!

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Subject: [Elecraft] K3: "Qiuck Split"

It's an excellent feature that automates several keystrokes and gets you
there or 'near there' in a real hurry.

If you chase DX seriously have had it before you will want it again. If
ICOM has done it for about 20 years why can't the K3?

For the life of me I cannot fathom how some of you guys obsess endlessly
about enhancements for obscure operating modes but get so defensive over
one that is lacking and really needed for serious SSB or CW DX work.

Flame on at my expense.

73 de N1LQ-Dave
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w0mu

Re: K3: "Qiuck Split"

I will toast to that!

"A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may
never get over." Ben Franklin
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: "Qiuck Split"

Amen!

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[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of David and Dianne on
Comcast
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 1:28 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [Elecraft] K3: "Qiuck Split"

It's an excellent feature that automates several keystrokes and gets you
there or 'near there' in a real hurry.

If you chase DX seriously have had it before you will want it again. If
ICOM has done it for about 20 years why can't the K3?

For the life of me I cannot fathom how some of you guys obsess endlessly
about enhancements for obscure operating modes but get so defensive over one
that is lacking and really needed for serious SSB or CW DX work.

Flame on at my expense.

73 de N1LQ-Dave
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Stephen Prior

Re: K3: "Qiuck Split"

Me too!

73 Stephen G4SJP

On 16/02/2009 18:34, "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> I will toast to that!
>
>
> "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may
> never get over." Ben Franklin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Jim
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 11:30 AM
> To: 'David and Dianne on Comcast'; [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: "Qiuck Split"
>
> Amen!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of David and Dianne on
> Comcast
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 1:28 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3: "Qiuck Split"
>
> It's an excellent feature that automates several keystrokes and gets you
> there or 'near there' in a real hurry.
>
> If you chase DX seriously have had it before you will want it again. If
> ICOM has done it for about 20 years why can't the K3?
>
> For the life of me I cannot fathom how some of you guys obsess endlessly
> about enhancements for obscure operating modes but get so defensive over one
> that is lacking and really needed for serious SSB or CW DX work.
>
> Flame on at my expense.
>
> 73 de N1LQ-Dave
> ______________________________________________________________

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John Huffman-3

Re: K3: "Quick Split"

In reply to this post by w0mu

Quick Split has gotten me DX contacts while the competition is messing
with knobs. If you are a CW op, 90% of splits are up 1khz. I suppose
90% of SSB splits are up 5khz.

It's a great thing to be able to automate that task. After all, this is
a radio that can send RTTY with the paddles. One more bell or whistle
won't change the character of the radio.

73 de K1ESE
John

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David Gilbert

Re: K3: "Quick Split"

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No flame intended, but it certainly doesn't take "several" keystrokes.

As a test, I set my sub-receiver to 20m SSB and my main receiver to 40m
CW (I'm beta testing the software for independent receive). All it took
was to tap A -> B, hold the SAME BUTTON for split, and spin the VFO B
knob to be ready to go for a split transmission on 40m CW. It took less
than two seconds for everything. It almost seems like some forethought
by Elecraft went into the choice of buttons to use ;)

I bet it would take at least two seconds to cycle through a few stacked
fixed offsets (say 1/2/5 KHz) by holding the split button multiple times.

For myself, I simply don't consider it an enhancement to clutter up the
menus with capabilities that have already been addressed, but maybe I'm
just more of a knob twirler and less of a button pusher. To each his
own ...

73,
Dave AB7E

Dave - N1LQ wrote:

>> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 1:28 PM
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: [Elecraft] K3: "Qiuck Split"
>>
>> It's an excellent feature that automates several keystrokes and gets you
>> there or 'near there' in a real hurry.
>>
>> If you chase DX seriously have had it before you will want it again. If
>> ICOM has done it for about 20 years why can't the K3?
>>
>> For the life of me I cannot fathom how some of you guys obsess endlessly
>> about enhancements for obscure operating modes but get so defensive over one
>> that is lacking and really needed for serious SSB or CW DX work.
>>
>> Flame on at my expense.
>>
>> 73 de N1LQ-Dave
>> ______________________________________________________________
>>
>
>

Bob Naumann W5OV

Re: K3: "Quick Split"

Amen!

>
> No flame intended, but it certainly doesn't take "several" keystrokes.
>
> As a test, I set my sub-receiver to 20m SSB and my main receiver to 40m
> CW (I'm beta testing the software for independent receive). All it took
> was to tap A -> B, hold the SAME BUTTON for split, and spin the VFO B
> knob to be ready to go for a split transmission on 40m CW. It took less
> than two seconds for everything. It almost seems like some forethought
> by Elecraft went into the choice of buttons to use ;)
>
> I bet it would take at least two seconds to cycle through a few stacked
> fixed offsets (say 1/2/5 KHz) by holding the split button multiple times.
>
> For myself, I simply don't consider it an enhancement to clutter up the
> menus with capabilities that have already been addressed, but maybe I'm
> just more of a knob twirler and less of a button pusher. To each his
> own ...
>
> 73,
> Dave AB7E
>
>
>
> Dave - N1LQ wrote:
>>> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 1:28 PM
>>> To: [hidden email]
>>> Subject: [Elecraft] K3: "Qiuck Split"
>>>
>>> It's an excellent feature that automates several keystrokes and gets
>>> you
>>> there or 'near there' in a real hurry.
>>>
>>> If you chase DX seriously have had it before you will want it again.
>>> If
>>> ICOM has done it for about 20 years why can't the K3?
>>>
>>> For the life of me I cannot fathom how some of you guys obsess
>>> endlessly
>>> about enhancements for obscure operating modes but get so defensive
>>> over one
>>> that is lacking and really needed for serious SSB or CW DX work.
>>>
>>> Flame on at my expense.
>>>
>>> 73 de N1LQ-Dave
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>>
>>
>>
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Val-12

Re: K3: "Quick Split"

In reply to this post by John Huffman-3

> Quick Split has gotten me DX contacts while the competition is messing
> with knobs. If you are a CW op, 90% of splits are up 1khz. I suppose
> 90% of SSB splits are up 5khz.
>
> It's a great thing to be able to automate that task. After all, this is
> a radio that can send RTTY with the paddles. One more bell or whistle
> won't change the character of the radio.
>
> 73 de K1ESE
> John

Amen John. You are right, 90% of CW splits are up 1. That's why, while
waiting for real "quick split", I am using sort of it. My VFO B is always
linked to VFO A plus 1 kHz. Only one press SPLIT when hear "UP" and my TX
frq is up 1.

73 Val, LZ1VB

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John Huffman-3

Re: K3: "Quick Split"

val -

Great idea! I'll try that for a while. It would seem to give me the
function I'm looking for in a Quick Split.

73 de K1ESE
John

Val wrote:

>
>> Quick Split has gotten me DX contacts while the competition is messing
>> with knobs. If you are a CW op, 90% of splits are up 1khz. I suppose
>> 90% of SSB splits are up 5khz.
>>
>> It's a great thing to be able to automate that task. After all, this is
>> a radio that can send RTTY with the paddles. One more bell or whistle
>> won't change the character of the radio.
>>
>> 73 de K1ESE
>> John
>>
>
> Amen John. You are right, 90% of CW splits are up 1. That's why, while
> waiting for real "quick split", I am using sort of it. My VFO B is always
> linked to VFO A plus 1 kHz. Only one press SPLIT when hear "UP" and my TX
> frq is up 1.
>
> 73 Val, LZ1VB
>
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W0FK

Re: K3: "Quick Split"

In reply to this post by Val-12

Great tip Val, and one I will try!

Of course that only works if the station is "up 1". Other splits aren't covered. That's where a the "quick split" feature really comes in handy. Hold the split button, and VFO B synchs with the VFO A frequency; enter the split by hitting the proper number on the keppad, and VFO B is there. Yes, rotating the knob works, but when you're tired and trying to calculate "up X", it just takes longer to get there. "The early bird gets the DX," and "quick split" really helps.

Lou, W0FK

Val-12 wrote

Amen John. You are right, 90% of CW splits are up 1. That's why, while
waiting for real "quick split", I am using sort of it. My VFO B is always
linked to VFO A plus 1 kHz. Only one press SPLIT when hear "UP" and my TX
frq is up 1.

73 Val, LZ1VB

St. Louis, MO

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that
genius has its limits." Albert Einstein

Joe Subich, W4TV-4

Re: K3: "Quick Split"

In reply to this post by David Gilbert

Agreed ... several previous rigs in this shack had "quick split"
options and after playing with it for about one day, the option
was routinely disabled. It was simply too easy to wipe out what
I had set on the subreceiver/VFO B and I could get to the DX
station faster manually.

Now, if someone wanted to request that a "hold" of XIT would
both turn on XIT and set it "up 1" on CW and "up 5" on SSB,
that might be useful. If a "hold" of XIT while XIT was enabled
would move the transmitting frequency and mode into VFO B
(or A->B would put the TRANSMIT frequency into VFO B if XIT was
enabled) that would also be worthwhile.

73,

... Joe, W4TV

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of David Gilbert
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 3:02 PM
> To: elecraft
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: "Quick Split"
>
>
>
> No flame intended, but it certainly doesn't take "several"
> keystrokes.
>
> As a test, I set my sub-receiver to 20m SSB and my main
> receiver to 40m
> CW (I'm beta testing the software for independent receive).
> All it took
> was to tap A -> B, hold the SAME BUTTON for split, and spin the VFO B
> knob to be ready to go for a split transmission on 40m CW.
> It took less
> than two seconds for everything. It almost seems like some
> forethought
> by Elecraft went into the choice of buttons to use ;)
>
> I bet it would take at least two seconds to cycle through a
> few stacked
> fixed offsets (say 1/2/5 KHz) by holding the split button
> multiple times.
>
> For myself, I simply don't consider it an enhancement to
> clutter up the
> menus with capabilities that have already been addressed, but
> maybe I'm
> just more of a knob twirler and less of a button pusher. To each his
> own ...
>
> 73,
> Dave AB7E
>
>
>
> Dave - N1LQ wrote:
> >> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 1:28 PM
> >> To: [hidden email]
> >> Subject: [Elecraft] K3: "Qiuck Split"
> >>
> >> It's an excellent feature that automates several
> keystrokes and gets
> >> you there or 'near there' in a real hurry.
> >>
> >> If you chase DX seriously have had it before you will
> want it again.
> >> If ICOM has done it for about 20 years why can't the K3?
> >>
> >> For the life of me I cannot fathom how some of you guys obsess
> >> endlessly about enhancements for obscure operating modes
> but get so
> >> defensive over one that is lacking and really needed for
> serious SSB
> >> or CW DX work.
> >>
> >> Flame on at my expense.
> >>
> >> 73 de N1LQ-Dave
> >> ______________________________________________________________
> >>
> >
> >
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