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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