Sub RX audio in diversity changes when BSET is active

[Mike K2MK]

I'll throw this out for comment. I don't want to say it is an error since it
may be per design.

We know that in diversity the sub RX is tuned to the VFO A freq and VFO B
can be set to another frequency. When I press the BSET button, the audio
from the sub receiver changes from VFO A to VFO B.  It's very evident with
headphones. Audio from VFO A is still present in the left ear and the right
ear now has audio from VFO B. (VFO B can also be retuned at this time). When
I turn BSET off the right ear audio goes back to the VFO A diversity
reception.

I found this useful when using diversity and split at the same time. I had
tried diversity and split before using the REV button but was not able to
tune VFO B using that method. So maybe this is an undocumented feature.

Mike K2MK

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[Bill W4ZV]

K2MK wrote

I'll throw this out for comment. I don't want to say it is an error since it
may be per design.

We know that in diversity the sub RX is tuned to the VFO A freq and VFO B
can be set to another frequency. When I press the BSET button, the audio
from the sub receiver changes from VFO A to VFO B.  It's very evident with
headphones. Audio from VFO A is still present in the left ear and the right
ear now has audio from VFO B. (VFO B can also be retuned at this time). When
I turn BSET off the right ear audio goes back to the VFO A diversity
reception.

I found this useful when using diversity and split at the same time. I had
tried diversity and split before using the REV button but was not able to
tune VFO B using that method. So maybe this is an undocumented feature.

Mike K2MK

Right you are Mike!  This would be a very simple way to toggle between diversity on DX and split for the pileup.  Just tried it on FW5RE on 160 and it works great.  The only potential problem is if you don't *hold* the A/B key for B SET, you'll exchange VFOs A and B.  This may be easier than holding REV for some (which is how I do split in diversity now).

Thanks for the tip!

73,  Bill