[Elecraft] Band Button gripe - was ON4UN has a K3?

[Don Rasmussen]

It still sticks in my craw that I have 5 single press
buttons on the front panel that I'll never use. 

Elecraft - please make these available for use as
single press BAND buttons. 

M1  M2  M3  M4  REC
80  40  20  15  10

That way we get into the ballpark with a single press
and can band up or band down from there. Seriously,
this should be a no-brainer! 

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[Elecraft] ON4UN has a K3?
drewko1 at verizon.net drewko1 at verizon.net 
Fri Jul 25 20:25:38 EDT 2008 

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Yes, Don, I agree completely. Forget about the labels
entirely and
just learn them by key position. However, I went with
a vertical
scheme vs your horizontal one...

The first keypad column (1,4,7) is 160, 80, & 40.
Second column is 20
to 6 (6m stands apart way down there on the zero key);
third column is
the warc bands. 

I figure if I can keep track of forty-some keys on a
keyboard without
looking then I can memorize the positions of ten band
buttons on the
k3. Now my band locations just seem.... right! No
label reading; no
mental translation... the buttons ARE the bands!

So, if the power goes out I can navigate the bands
without even
needing to see the buttons. (Admittedly, there isn't
much point to
navigating the band buttons when there is no power to
the K3...)

73,
Drew
AF2Z