[Elecraft] re ON-OFF on K3

[WILLIS COOKE]

The answer to my problem is to leave the POWER button like it is.  I like the way it works.  I am not worried about the transient, I like that if the rig is battery powered and the battery goes low the rig turns off and stays off until you turn it back on.  I also like the feature that if a connection is too resistive when you transmit the rig will turn off and stay off until you turn it back on.  The main "feature" of the K3 that I don't like is that the "HI-FI" enthusiasts have prevailed and it is difficult to copy a CW signal through the background noise without turning off the AGC and using the RF Gain manually.  It seems that anything that pleases the HI-FI SWL crowd harms the ability of the K3 to serve the CW and SSB weak signal capabilities.  It seems that everything I find to like about the K3 over my TS-850 there is a group lobbying to change.

Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ


--- On Wed, 8/20/08, Eric Scace K3NA <eric at k3na.org> wrote:

> From: Eric Scace K3NA <eric at k3na.org>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] re ON-OFF on K3
> To: "WILLIS COOKE" <wrcooke at flash.net>
> Cc: "Fern Rivard" <crc at cyberlink.bc.ca>, "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 6:02 AM
> The need to manually press the power button to turn on the
> radio is a 
> problem in remote-controlled stations.  If power fails, one
> must visit 
> the site to power up the radios.
> 
> That said, there are often many transients when power is
> first restored.
> 
> An ideal solution would have these attributes:
>    -- if the radio was powered up when the +13 Vdc supply
> voltage 
> disappeared, then...
>    -- when +13 Vdc reappears, wait 3 seconds, and then
> power-up the radio.
> 
> 73,
>    -- Eric K3NA