[Elecraft] Mode Disable????

[Tom Childers, N5GE]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:50:20 -0700 (PDT), alsopb <alsopb at nc.rr.com> wrote:

>
>Dave,
>
>Tell me with a straight face that you never overshoot a mode and end up at
>something other then CW/SSB.
>
>Also throw in AM or FM into the mix and now you have 3 modes which are not
>sequential.
>
>Besides, your algorithm actually requires one to remember something.  Since
>you can't see the modes you're not in, is the direction up or down?   Mind
>clutter is something you learn to avoid as you age.
>
>Up down buttons to me have always been a game of roulette anyhow.  Sometimes
>you stop where you want, sometimes not.
>
>73 de Brian/K3KO
>
> 
>
>
>
>Dave Agsten wrote:
>> 
>> Brian, K3KO wrote:
>> 
>>>It's a pain to cycle through
>> FM/AM just to get from CW/SSB -- since the proper one press direction to
>> go
>> isn't something that one should clutter their minds with<
>> 
>> My K3 doesn't have to go through AM and FM to get from to get from CW to
>> SSB. I just press the ^ to go from CW to SSB and the opposite direction to
>> go from SSB back to CW. There are no modes inbetween that you have to pass
>> through. I'm not sure where this "problem" coming from......
>> 
>> 73,
>> Dave N8AG
>> 
>> 
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I vote for leaving them as they are.  I like brain clutter.  It keeps me feeling
younger.

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