[UK-CONTEST] afs cw gw8izr

[Bob Henderson]

Paul

You may want to consider an alternate approach to solving this problem.

Like you, I hate fiddling with small IRT knobs.  I always have. 
Consequently, since rigs came along with synthesisers and 2 VFOs, I have 
avoided the problem by working split when running  I just copy A>B then TX 
on B while leaving A adjusted by the main tuning knob.  It's essential to 
unsplit when you switch back to S&P of course.

I don't really understand why rigs have IRT controls these days with 
synthesisers and A & B VFOs available.  Surely the IRT is superfluous.  I 
suspect it's still there for no better reason than folks got used to it 
being there.

73

Bob, 5B4AGN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <paul at greenrover.demon.co.uk>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] afs cw gw8izr


> Clive Whelan wrote:
>>
>> <I need a bigger RIT Knob! The fiddly thing that Icom think
>> is useful -
>> isn't.>
>>
>>
>> Paul, unless the caller is virtually out of the passband, I
>> recommend that you don't bother with IRT at all, just train
>> your brain to copy at whatever pitch he comes at.
>
>
> Hello Clive - certainly I'm happy enough if its in the passband but
> there were a few occasions where the caller was just a vague (but
> persistent) clicking - I suppose that's the trade off with narrow
> filters. OTOH without narrow filters it would be hard to find a gap.
>
>  That way you are much more
>> "alert", and ready for anything that the pile-up throws at
>
> Pile up = more than one station :-) makes my stack fall over!
>
> Picking one stn out a group is getting easier but I wouldn't like to say
> I can be selective.. if I read one call, thats what I answer.
>
> Anyway enough from me
>
> -- 
> 73 de Paul GW8IZR IO73TI
> http://www.gw8izr.com
>
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