Art,
Your split thing sounds interesting as does the Mouse wheel however N1MM has,
to my mind at least, a far better option for the off-frequency folks.
If you are in the Run mode, the Up and Down arrow keys move the RIT for you. A
couple of taps works wonders. If you then add a {CLEARRIT} entry (see the
Function keys page in the documentation for the details) to a Macro it will
reset the RIT to 0. I have mine embedded in my F3 key, so the RIT is cleared
before the next caller. The granularity of the arrow key control can be set via
the "CW & Dig Up/Down Arrow Incr" option found under the Other menu tab on the
Configurer screen.
BTW, if you are in S&P mode then the Up/Down arrow keys move the transmit
frequency.
I'm such a poor typist that anytime I have to take my hands off the keyboard I
need to search for the Home position so the arrow key option works best for me.
YMMV
GL
Patrick, W7TMT
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+w7tmt=outlook.com@contesting.com> On
Behalf Of Art Boyars
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2025 18:36
To: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Using Split in a contest
Over on the N1MM reflector a discussion started about yea/NAY! running split
ina contest. (It was appropriate there because it started with somebody having
an N1MM-specific problem running split.)
Most everybody agrees that running split(to move the pileup off your tx
freq) is BAD, except for non-USA on 40M phone.
I use split another way. For many years, when running I sometimes go split:
VFO A freq -> VFO B; then split, and transmit on VFO B, listen on VFO A.
That way, I can use the finger-familiar Big Knob to tune in off-freq callers
instead of having to use the teeny-tiny-can't-grab-it-with-fat-fingers RIT
knob. (This worked with my
TS-850 and works with my TS-590SG.)
Works great for me, and I've seen some good operators do it, too.
(I recently learned about N1MM's mouse-wheel RIT feature. I might try to learn
that, but these days any elevation angle above 5-deg is a steep learning curve.)
73, Art K3KU
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