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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