[Elecraft] Band button

[Tony Fegan VE3QF]

	My vote is for the VFO displays to be in wavelength (YARDS, FEET and 
INCHES) with an option for frequency in ROMAN NUMERALS!!!!!

	Now, back to normal service.

73 and enjoy
	Tony Fegan VE3QF
	K3 #137

Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> K3KO 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.

>  
> Nowhere is it written that the bands assigned to the Amateur service must be
> referred to by wavelength.
	*****
> The K3 would be incorrect if the readout was in wavelength. Picture, instead
> of "7.00000 MHz" on the LCD you saw "42827.494 meters". If that happened,
> the UP/DOWN button would be working backwards. (Quick, what's  the upper
> frequency limit on the 75 meter band?. It's 74948.1145 meters. Aw... Lets
> stay with Hz)
> 
> Ron AC7AC
> 
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