I have an IC-7300 and I can confirm that VFO-B does not change on band change until TX
On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 3:10 PM Paul Kube <paul.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > " perhaps there should be a note in the User Manual that, at least > for Icom rigs, the 'Fake It' split mode is preferred/recommended?" > > "Rig" mode works fine with my IC-7200 and IC-7300. > > 73, Paul K6PO > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 1:45 PM Martin Davies G0HDB <marting0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 4 Mar 2019 at 4:51, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: >> >> > Both conditions need to fixed. VFO-A needs to be set as selected VFO >> > and VFO-B set to the split freq at all times. Otherwise a tune >> > instigated from an external source will be on the wrong frequency.And >> > yes...I know you can click Tune in WSJT-X and then VFO-B gets >> > set...but that leaves the amplifier in-line with too much power to >> > tune and for some could fry the amplifier. >> > Mike >> >> Hi Mike (and all), for what it's worth I've found that using the 'Fake >> It' split mode, rather than >> the 'Rig' mode, works best with my Icom IC-7600. >> >> Some years ago, when I first tried using the 'Rig' mode with WSJT I found >> that the time taken >> to switch VFOs (from A to B in my case) and then to re-tune the >> newly-selected VFO with the >> desired offset (eg. +1kHz) was significantly longer than just re-tuning >> the active VFO, >> presumably because there was a longer command sequence to be received, >> processed and >> then actioned by the rig. The delay in the rig switching VFOs and then >> re-tuning was >> resulting in the transmission not starting until (IIRC) some 2-3secs into >> a Tx period. >> >> I would assume that using the 'Fake It' mode would work equally well >> irrespective of which >> VFO was the active one, so perhaps there should be a note in the User >> Manual that, at least >> for Icom rigs, the 'Fake It' split mode is preferred/recommended? >> >> -- >> 73, Martin G0HDB >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> wsjt-devel mailing list >> wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >> > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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