With respect to the RIT course tuning feature, be advised that a minor
software glitch currently exists . . .
According to the manual (rev. C1, page 53), the factory default for
CONFIG menu "VFO OFS" should be OFF.
According to the scrolling default indicator activated by pressing the
DISP button when in the "VFO OFS" menu, the factory default should be ON.
The manual is correct and the contradictory value in the scrolling
indicator is being corrected in firmware version 1.81 which is due out
any day.
If, as I did, you rely on the scrolling default indicator to confirm all
of your settings are at factory default (at least initially), you will
inadvertently turn ON the RIT knob course-tuning feature which may give
you the thrill I experienced below.
K9ZTV
K9ZTV wrote:
Windy is correct. However . . . this can also be a "gotcha."
If this feature is enabled and you don't realize it, you can find
yourself in another universe awfully fast.
After checking into an NTS cw net one night, I sat idly twirling the
RIT knob knowing the RIT was off. A minute or two later it suddenly
dawned on me that the NCS was no longer transmitting. Moreover, the
VFO was displaying a frequency half a megacycle up the band. It took
me a half-hour to figure out what had happened.
But it IS a wonderful feature if you know what you're doing.
Kent K9ZTV
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