[Elecraft] Re: letters in the frequency display

[Wayne Burdick]

Hi John,

Tuning below 0000.00 won't hurt anything, but as you can see, it's not
particularly useful either. The letters are a side effect of exceeding the
expected dial range. Sorry, no hidden features....

73,
Wayne
N6KR


John Cooper wrote:
> 
> dont ask why i did this.  curiousity killed the cat. anyway with dons help i have the 160option installed i dialed all the way down till i hit letters on the freqeuncy readout.  i mean after 0000000.00 it starts over with 1999999.9 (not the exact amount of numbers bear with me) then h99999 then e9999999 then d b a p till u get to a dash mark a equals sign a lower dash then an L another dash then finnally numbers again and then back to the 160 band i remember reading that if your on a transverter band (which i dont have any by the way) the first number of the band your own is implied. meaning 146.520 on 2 meters would look like 46.520, someone correct me if im wrong.  if you dont believe me you can do like me and goto 160 if you have it installed and spend roughly 30 min dialing backwards.  im thinking maybe the firmware had memory for more bands if needed???????  now that ive done this i must know what it means inquiring minds wanna know.