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Hello folks,
I have never used the “new” VFO display before and now have a question regarding the display of VFO A and VFO B in conjunction with RX 2 and the split function.

Thetis started with only RX1 active, then this image is the standard display.
For my understanding, VFO B should now be grayed out since only VFO A is active.



The next image shows RX1and RX2 active.
Shouldn't VFO B also be shown active here?



It only changes to active if Split or SubRX is enabled.





Why is VFO B grayed out, if RX2 is enabled, without Split or SubRX?
Shouldn't VFO B with RX2 be treated exactly like VFO A with RX1?

I can confirm this behaviour!

Thanks for the confirmation, I was starting to think it was just me. I wonder if that's how it's meant to be.

This is working as it should - here's why:

When you create a VFO "meter" in a container, you specify the container as a TRX1 or a TRX2 container. If TRX1, then both VFOs are for RX1, and if TRX2, both are for RX2. Thus, if you have a VFO meter in a TRX1 container, when you activate RX2, VFOB controls RX2 and is properly grayed out in the TRX1 container.

You need to create a second container for TRX2 containing a VFO meter. Then that one will also appear in the console when you activate RX2, and its VFOA will be grayed out since there is only one VFOA and it is controlling RX1.

If you activate the subRX or SPLIT, you now have two receive VFOBs, one displayed in the TRX1 container for the subRX and another in the TRX2 container for RX2. You can control them independently with the mouse wheel in the panadapter.

[edited to correct a minor typo]

Also, If you carefully position and size the VFO A and VFO B containers over the default Thetis ones you can hover your mouse over the VFO A or VFO B container and use the mouse wheel to scroll the frequency up and down...

I will add a screen shot after I'm in the shack and start the rig up next time.

George / W7GES

W2PA wrote:This is working as it should - here's why:

Chris, thanks for the explanation. Now everything is clear to me.

73
Sigi