[Elecraft] WIDTH control

[Tom Childers, N5GE]

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:18:24 -0400, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

>Hank and Drew,
>
>The only thing I can think of is that you must be associating the width 
>control to a 'peaking' control where the peak becomes more narrow as the 
>control is advanced (reminiscent of the old Q-multiplier controls).  
>That is not a 'width' control in my mind.  I feel the width control is 
>exactly right as it is - turn left for less width, turn right for more 
>width - that seems quite conventional to me.
>
>73,
>Don W3FPR
>

Seems logical to me too.

As with most of the other controls:

AF: left less, right more
RF/SQL: left, less, right more
Speed/Mic: left less, right more
CMP/PWR: left less, right more
DELAY: left less, right more
MON: left less, right more
VFO: left less, right more
CLR: left less, right more
PITCH: left less, right more

If one installed the narrow filters from narrow to wide from FL1 to FL5  I
suppose the XFL button would work as you described it, but you must have a wider
filter in position 1, so actually when you select a filter you are not
necessarily selecting a narrower filter, you are selecting the filter number.  I
think that may be one of the reasons for the filter width display.  To indicate
the filter width you have chosen, either by using the WIDTH control or the XFIL
button.  Really though, it doesn't take long to learn where they are.  I have
five installed and have no trouble recalling which is which.


>hank k8dd wrote:
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <drewko1 at verizon.net>
>>
>>> The panel layout works for me too. Anyone who has used it for awhile
>>> will realize they know where many of the functions are without needing
>>> to read the labels as to what is a tap and what is a push, etc. The
>>> only one I had trouble with was the WIDTH control. For some reason I
>>> kept expecting the filter b/w to become narrower as I turned it
>>> clockwise...
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Drew
>>> AF2Z
>>
>> I agree .... It seems strange that the WIDTH control turns to the left 
>> for
>> narrower when the Filter display goes right .... I thought I was the only
>> one that felt this way.
>> There are a handful of things that seem strange that you have to get 
>> used to on this radio!
>>
>> 73    Hank    K8DD
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