It's the little, round, button with a dimple, just to the right of the menu
button. Without checking the cheat sheet, I think it's referred to as
T.F. button and also has some function in satellite operation.
73, Steve KW3A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: splits
> Where is this button on the 200?
> 73
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
> open Node 3148
> Las Vegas
>
>
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Steve Forst wrote:
>
>> The TS-2000 has a button like that: Hold it in while in split mode and
>> you
>> can hear your RX freq and tune to find a clear spot if need be. It's
>> also
>> helpful to determine if you are in split or not. If in normal VFO
>> operation and you press this button, you just get a boink. If you are in
>> split, the freq will shift to the other VFO and the Voice will
>> announce
>> the freq. If you keep pressing and releasing the button to keep track
>> of
>> both Vow's, the voice never shuts up and you want to reach in and
>> strangle
>> her.
>>
>> Sounds like you had a great time this weekend. A lot better than my
>> weekend, but that's a story for another time.
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: splits
>>
>>
>>> That's approximately the technique I use on the FT-950 also. The 950
>>> has
>>> a nice feature called TXW which allows you to push a button while in
>>> receive mode to listen to your transmit frequency and adjust it if
>>> necessary. You can't transmit while holding down that button, and it it
>>> reverts to normal split operation when you release it. With so many
>>> buttons on the front panel of the 950, I put Dymo tape with single
>>> braille
>>> characters or dots on strategic buttons and on the VFO B and Select
>>> knobs.
>>>
>>> Last weekend I didn't use Split, but made 697 QSO's and 204 multipliers
>>> in
>>> the ARRL DX contest. Lots of fun.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Steve Forst <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Feb 24, 2009 9:54 AM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: splits
>>>>
>>>> Howard,
>>>>
>>>> Not sure what rig you are using, but here is what I do on the TS-2000:
>>>>
>>>> Say the DX is on 14.001 and listening up 1. Tune to 14.001 and hit the
>>>> A=B
>>>> button, this puts both VFO's on the same frequency and mode. Tune up
>>>> the
>>>> band to 14.002. Now one VFO is on his TX and the other is on his RX
>>>> frequency. Hit the split button to put you into split operation and
>>>> hit
>>>> A/B to reverse the VFO's. Now your RX freq is back on the first VFO
>>>> of
>>>> 14.001 and your TX VFO is on his RX freq of 14.002.
>>>>
>>>> The fact that you can't key in split makes me wonder if you are not
>>>> getting
>>>> both VFO's into CW mode. Hitting the A=B button will ensure that both
>>>> VFO's start on the same mode and freq. Worked K5D 8 times last week,
>>>> so
>>>> it
>>>> works well for me here.
>>>>
>>>> 73, Steve KW3A.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 9:20 AM
>>>> Subject: splits
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I can't figure out how to transmit cw with the vfo split frequency.
>>>>> Either
>>>>> I get no keying output, or the vfo jumps to aggree with the last vfo
>>>>> set
>>>>> frequency. Anybody figured this one out? I guess you can transfer a
>>>>> split
>>>>> to a memory, but that is clumsy when chasing dx, and you hear "up"
>>>>> which
>>>>> means transmit 1 kc up.
>>>>> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
>>>>> Adaptive Technology Instructor
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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