[Elecraft] K2 turn on frequency/band memory

[Bob Nielsen]

On Dec 18, 2006, at 7:48 AM, Vic K2VCO wrote:

> Ian Stirling wrote:
>
>>   In the non paranoid days, this time could be changed by
>> tweaking a pot, and it would be obvious from the published
>> circuit diagram.  Now it's locked into proprietary firmware.
>
> Well...I would put it differently.  In the pre-microprocessor days,  
> there would have been a pot and a bunch of other components which  
> would have added some significant amount to the cost of the radio.   
> Now the function is handled by firmware whose only cost is that of  
> the initial development.
>
> Multiply this by many similar functions, and you have a radio with  
> a lot more capabilities for less cost.  It's not paranoia, just  
> effective use of technology.

My pre-microprocessor radios always came back on at the same  
frequency as long as nobody had touched the bandswitch or the dial of  
the tuning capacitor (PTO in some cases).

73 - Bob, N7XY