Terry: Generally NOT while transmitting, but sometimes, esp. while QRP (e.g in ARRL CW SS) I'll find that I'm smack on top of (well... UNDER) a bigger signal, making it hard for the other guy to hear me... if I jump freq. even a small bit while NOT trans- mitting, the other guy might miss me, but if I 'slide' up/dn a bit while sending my (or his) call at the start of my reply, he'll usually follow me and we can complete the QSO... I seldom move more than 100 Hz (ever) when I do this, but having a signal actually being transmitter (for him to hear/follow) seems to help to ensure that he is able to track where I've gone.. otherwise, to have moved (possibly out of his (very narrow) B/W setting with no signal for him to track, results in a lost QSO.
73, Tom N0SS At 01:40 PM 5/14/2009, you wrote: >Hi Tom, > >I can understand the remote tune feature but why would you be doing >that WHILE you're transmitting? > >73 de Terry KK6T > >Tom Hammond wrote: >>terry: >> >>Because some folks, like me, must have their PC keyboard to the side of the >>desk (at 90-degrees from the desk) when contesting... this places the rig >>at my left side, rather that right in front of me, and requires me to either >>turn 90-degrees (at least 45 deg. anyway) on order to adjust the VFO, or to >>bring the radio up close to me and at about a 45-degree angle to the desktop >>so I can readily reach the VFO dial with a cramped arm position. >> >>Using Up/Dn buttons, or something like the Griffin PowerMate would allow us >>to remotely 'tune' the VFO... having the control right at or next to the >>keyboard, without having to go into any contortions. >> >>73, >> >>Tom N0SS >> >> >>At 01:26 PM 5/14/2009, you wrote: >>>I must be missing something here. For the life of my I can't figure why >>>you would want to be changing frequency while transmitting CW (or any >>>other mode) >>> >>>73 de Terry KK6T >>>K3# 2965 >>> >>>Bill W4ZV wrote: >>> > One of our Field Testers has done this, but I would not be >>> surprised to see >>> > Elecraft eventually offer something similar as a standard product. >>>Below >>> > are the FT's comments (sans callsign) since I doubt he wants a lot of >>> > queries about it. >>> > >>> > 73, Bill W4ZV >>> > >>> > >>> > On 2008-12-13, at 13:30 , **** wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> >> This is one for the lowest-priority end of the missing-feature list. >>> >> I built a box with two pushbuttons wired to the DOWN and UP >>> pins on the >>> >> front panel MIC connector, to simulate a remote VFO A "knob." It works >>> >> nicely: tap to step, hold to scan. But, taps while sending CW >>> via KEY mess >>> >> up the beautiful dots and dashes (dare I say: just like touching almost >>> >> any control on an Orion II while sending :=). Strangely, holds do not >>> >> affect the CW at all. >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > I've just interfaced the Griffin PowerMate "multimedia USB control knob" >>> > with my Mac contest logging program (SkookumLogger). I use it >>> in two modes, >>> > controlling either the RIT/XIT offset or VFOA frequency. In either mode, >>> > twirling the knob smoothly varies the K3 frequency at a >>> reasonable rate for >>> > tuning around a CW run frequency. There's a PowerMate-related >>> issue that I >>> > can live with: it operates by "pressing" command keys for you; >>> if you twirl >>> > the knob a lot it queues up all those "presses" and there is no >>> way to stop >>> > it from stubbornly playing back the complete queue. >>> > >>> > I've also got the PowerMate rigged to clear the offset (copies >>> VFOB to VFOA >>> > when controlling VFOA frequency). And one other gesture does a >>> "Swap", which >>> > is tough to explain in less than a paragraph. >>> > >>> > Changing the K3 frequency this way does *not* affect CW. I'm now a Happy >>> > Ham, no longer waiting for the hoped-for K3 remote control unit :-) >>> > >>> > >>>______________________________________________________________ >>>Elecraft mailing list >>>Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>>This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
