>I'll admit that I turned the radio off in disgust and went to read a >book after I forgot >that I'd left QRQ on and inadvertently defeated SPLIT. I called for >quite a while, >carefully tuning the subreceiver to the correct frequency, but >getting no results.
This behavior has bitten me too. A couple of weeks ago I made a fool of myself on 30 meters by calling several times on the DX station's transmit frequency before noticing Split wasn't on. Reason? I had QRQ CW enabled and in the heat of battle I missed the brief warning message and unfortunately didn't notice the yellow split light right away. I would submit that the priority is reversed for the QRQ function. If Split is engaged while QRQ CW is enabled, the radio should promptly switch to Split and display a "QRQ OFF" message, not inhibit Split because QRQ is on. Not having QRQ on is a minor inconvenience; calling on a DX station's transmit frequency is a major liddism that should be stamped out. The radio should do everything it can to discourage this behavior, and it would seem to me that a simple (? -- I know, a SMOP) change in the QRQ logic would be helpful here. 73... Randy, W8FN ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
