Split operation - Default for Mode B=A

[Ralph]

I agree 100% with Van.  Chasing K4M around on different modes it would have been nice to have A and B in the same mode without the B=A tap.  I forgot every time and had to fumble around and then setup the correct split AGAIN.  This is not what you want to be fooling with when you're racing to get a jump ball in a pileup.  Having A and B in different modes must be very rare and certainly not the norm.  I would like to see the default for B mode to always equal A and have an option to make them separate for rare situations where cross mode is needed.  Unless of course there is a better argument for keeping it the way it is?

Ralph K1ZZI

Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:13:06 -0400
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I believe that 98% of all of us use split to work DX and this always occurs in the same mode. It seems to me that having a menu item that would allow us to choose  to have VFO B always be in the same mode as VFO  A would be a helpful thing. It would eliminate the step of always having to make B equal A with a double tap. The Other choice for the menu selection would be to have it exactly as it is now. I dont see any downside to this solution.  If you agree please let Wayne and company know. The way it is now makes it more trouble to go split than with any other transceiver.  Van W4GIW
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[Richard Ferch]

K1ZZI wrote:

> Having A and B in \
> different modes must be very rare and certainly not the norm.

I wouldn't say it's all that rare. In a mixed-mode contest it can be
handy to be able to jump between modes and sub-bands just by hitting the
A/B button. If you want to go to a predetermined frequency, you can use
a memory, but if you want to return to the last frequency you used on
the other mode, or go to a frequency you have pre-dialed in using the
VFO B knob, you can just press A/B. In fact, I often leave A and B in
different modes during normal operating, just to be able to jump back
and forth quickly between CW and digital modes at the press of a single
button. If A and B were always in the same mode, this kind of jump would
be made more difficult.

73,
Rich VE3KI





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