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I see rigs with RIT/XIT feature. What is it used for? Is it important to have this feature or not so important? |
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RIT stands for Receive Incremental Tuning. It allows you to slightly adjust your receive frequency while keeping your transmit frequency constant. This can be useful when you are receiving someone who is off frequency, without needing to change your transmit frequency. Likewise, the XIT allows you to adjust your transmit frequency, while keeping your receive frequency constant. ---Michael |
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Here's two examples of what NO6O described. In a RTTY contest, if I have a frequency and I'm calling CQ, most ops will come right on my frequency. I don't want to move off that frequency since "it's mine" so if there's a station that is off frequency enough that it isn't easy to copy them, I use RIT to pull them in better while holding my frequency. Another is we have a 10m net that I get on and there's usually 1 or 2 folks that are a bit off frequency. I can either adjust the main frequency or I can set the RIT a bit and just push the button to enable/disable RIT while they are talking so I don't need to constantly tune the dial. That's what I've used it for. K2DSL - David |
