[Elecraft] size of radio limits? - K3

[Augie Hansen]

Don Wilhelm wrote:
> No wonder I was being confused by all this - HEY, if you can access 
> any of the 4 memories randomly, then it is no longer a 'stack'!
>
> From what little programming I learned, a 'stack' is accessed only 
> from the top - you stuff things into it, and then remove the topmost 
> one, throw it away if that is not what you wanted and do it over again 
> until you have the correct one.  (OK, my mind goes back to the 8080 
> PUSH and POP instructions).
>
> If it were me, I would have named them something like 'In-band memory' 
> rather than 'Band Stacking Memory', but I guess there is some 
> precedent for that name.  In any case, I am glad that the K3 offers 
> random access for these memories.

Right on, Don. It is not a stack.

The implementation of "band-stacking resisters" in most of the available 
rigs today is that of a "circular queue", a first-in first-out (FIFO) 
mechanism that is only accessible in one direction from the starting 
point. I much prefer the Elecraft K3 random-access "array" of memories.

Gus Hansen
KB0YH