[Elecraft] Band button

[Tom Childers, N5GE]

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 04:11:59 -0700 (PDT), K3KO <alsopb at nc.rr.com> wrote:

>
>This isn't just the K3.  Other radios have the same problem.   It seems to be
>a mistake that persisted through the years.
>
>The button marked "band" with up and down arrows really is frequency.
>
>You push the up arrow and the band goes down.  Press down arrow and band
>goes up.
>
>It would be nice to have this fixed in the K3.  No hope for other radios.
>
>Right now I have a white sticky label with freq on it pasted over the band
>marking.
>
>73 de Brian/K3KO

I would be very confused by your change, but do see what you mean.

I looked at my drake R7 and see that the "BAND" switch on it doesn't have any
band labels on it; Only frequency ranges.  It seems that Drake shared your
thoughts there, but Drake radios were made for any frequency between .5Mhz and
30Mhz, so their labeling on their radios seems appropriate to me.

73,

Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq

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