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re: VFO fine-coarse tuning

Posted by wayne burdick on Jul 18, 2008; 3:45pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/VFO-fine-coarse-tuning-tp365854p535996.html

Hi Ken (and Bill),

Quantizing the VFO in COARSE mode is on the list for a future firmware
revision. This will eliminate the offset you described.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

> I have noticed what you describe below with all versions of firmware.  
> I have verified that it occurs both on transmit and receive.  At the
> most you could be 99Hz off of your displayed freq. If you were at say
> 14.200099 in the fine mode and then switched to coarse display of
> 142000 you would actually be transmitting and receiving on 14.200099.  
> The 99Hz will always be there even if you move the VFO.  I find this
> irritating but since I am aware of it I can work around it.  I hope
> that it will merit a future update
>
> 73, Ken N0QO


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