Obviously my attempt at a little humor fell flat...duh Seeing as how I have 9 band dxcc, cw and 8 band dxcc ssb, 7 band rtty, Honor roll, over 300 on almost ever band, I do know about split. And yes I use a MP, and utilize the specifically designed "Split Button".
And if you hadn't noticed, DXB ALREADY will set both vfo's if split is indicated in the Cluster Spot. And actually I think up 5 is most common on ssb/rtty, and a lot of dxpeditions may be even bigger/wider splits. From: "Art Searle W2NRA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'FireBrick'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'DXBase List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:19 AM Subject: RE: [DXBase] LOL a possible feature for DXBase*next* Hi Bill, IMNSHO I don't think this would be a good idea for many reasons. 1. It is our responsibility to listen. I find you can work DX faster by listening and figuring out what he is doing. It is our responsibility to know where we are putting our transmit frequency. If I get a cop telling me up, it is my fault and I am embarrassed, and I should be! I think any attempt to take operator responsibility away from the operator is wrong. 2. I'd estimate that most of the spots are simplex. 3. Spots that indicate split change my radio to split mode automatically. Bill, I thought you had an FT-1000MP. That radio automatically enters the split. 4. Why 5 kHz? Most splits are up 1 or 2. Or are you referring to phone spots. I'd guess that CW spots are 2 to 1 more than phone. For example I just looked at a page full of CW spots on DX Summit and it covered about 17 minutes. A page full of DX Summit Phone spots covered 54 minutes. Ok that's unscientific but it is an indication. 5. DX stations change with the pileup. I heard Cameroon start out split yesterday, then went simplex for a while, then back to split. Bill, assuming you are using an FT-1000MP, I'm sure you've used Dual Receive. This makes my reason # 1 (listening) real easy. You get a clear picture of what the DX is doing. This is something that you cannot even explain to non-Dual Receive ops. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for new features. And I know you are proposing this as a user chosen option. I just don't like it. 73, Art W2NRA
