[Elecraft] Re: Love Those K3 Memories!

[wayne burdick]

Don wrote:

> My view of it is that it is not a space limited
> shortcoming. All that would need to happen would be to
> allow the M1-M4 to be updated as the transceiver is
> tuned....
>

Don,

I normally just tap BAND UP/DN, since I typically operate on just a few 
closely spaced bands during the day, and a different set of closely 
spaced bands at night. To me (as the UI designer), the added 
convenience of per-band switches didn't seem a worthy complication of 
the already multi-function keypad array. (So it's not a space issue -- 
it's a UI complexity issue.)

As Rick mentioned, you can also get quickly to a band of interest by 
tapping M->V followed by 0..9, if you've stored a memory from each band 
you use in these.

But let me toss out an idea. These first 10 memories *could* store 
exactly the same thing as the normal band memories (those you get to by 
tapping BAND UP/DN), but only for 10 bands (say 160-10 m). This 
behavior could be specified using a future menu entry. It would give 
you two-tap, per-band recall over the entire range.

I wouldn't ever assign this functionality to M1..M4, which are intended 
to be fixed, per-band starting points for each mode, as Rick explained. 
The field testers, as well as myself and the engineering staff, have 
been using this scheme for weeks, and speaking strictly for me, we 
really like it  :)

73,
Wayne
N6KR


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