[Elecraft] K3 filter presets I/II: present and future functionality

[WB6MND]

Yes, I use the presets, and I agree with the field testers as to the change.

I would like to be able to return to fixed settings that I program and are
stored.  That way I always have a familiar starting point that works best in
most situations, but that I can adjust further to customize for the
particular signal I'm listening to.

With the current setup, I feel I get lost and can't return to a familiar
place.

While we're at it, in Data mode I can't seem to get to a wide filter
setting, which is important to find and initially tune in a station.  Data
seems to default to a very sharp filter (50 hz) that makes it difficult to
tune in a station at the outset.

Thanks for asking.

Les
WB6MND



wayne burdick wrote:
> 
> Do you find the DSP/XFIL filter presets, I/II, useful? If you haven't 
> tried them yet, please do. Here's the short version:
> 
> In each mode, there are two presets (you can also think of them as 
> "configurations"). Each preset is just a combination of DSP settings 
> and the corresponding automatic crystal filter selection. They're 
> intended to be set to match the present operating situation. First, set 
> up preset I the way you like it, then switch to preset II and do the 
> same. From then on, you can go back and forth between them. For 
> example, you might want narrow and wide settings in CW mode. Or in SSB 
> mode you might want one setting that's normalized to the 2.7 or 2.8 kHz 
> crystal filter, and another that's shifted down and narrowed somewhat.
> 
> Our firmware field testers have suggested a different way of using 
> these. Rather than have the presets "float" (change every time you move 
> the DSP controls), they'd like to see them "fixed" (so that they don't 
> change unless you specifically modify them via a menu entry, etc.).
> 
> This change is more significant than it sounds. Instead of having two 
> freely-changing presets (configurations) that you go between, you'd now 
> have just one working configuration. When you hold I/II, you would be 
> loading either of the *saved* preset values into it. It would be 
> similar to recalling a saved frequency memory which gets loaded into a 
> VFO. Both the working configuration and the two saved presets would 
> still be independent for each mode.
> 
> Before we make any changes, I'd like to know:
> 
>    - if you use presets at all
>    - if you like the new proposal better (making them fixed)
> 
> This is the beauty of firmware: it's malleable. No need to keep 
> functionality if it gets zero positive feedback.
> 
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 
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