On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:32:06 -0700, wayne burdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Doug,
>
>There was plenty of logic behind it, but in hindsight it might not 
>sense for all users. (It did meet with the approval of our 20 field 
>testers.)
>
>The change was motivated by the sub receiver. Here's one example:
>
>Suppose you're using SPLIT, listening to a weak DX station on the main 
>RX (in a very narrow bandwidth with preamp on), while tuning for a 
>clear spot with the sub RX (using a wider bandwidth and preamp off). 
>With one tap of A>B you can move VFO B back to the starting point and 
>work your way up again. If this also copied VFO A's filter and preamp 
>settings (etc.) to VFO B, you'd have to set them up all over again.
>
>But I'll be happy to sit back and listen to arguments pro and con. If 
>it looks like a lot of operators would prefer to copy everything with 
>one tap, I could add a menu entry. If no one argues in favor of two-tap 
>(including the field testers), I could change it outright. I'm easy  :)
>
>Thanks for your input.
>
>Wayne
>N6KR
>
[snip]

I vote for, the two step setting with a menu item for when one doesn't want it.

Tom, N5GE

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