[Elecraft] K3 Band change / mode changes

[David Wilburn]

I'm not trying to get into the band stacking registrars discussion. 
Just when I switch bands, I want things to stay where they are at.

As an example, I decided to play rtty late in the afternoon but there 
wasn't much activity on 20m.  So I popped into all the rtty sections 
of the bands.  Whether I did it by direct entry (quite handy) or the 
band switch, if on any of those bands I switched to, I had been in a 
different mode last time I was there, I then had to change modes also.

So eventually, I switch through all the bands, and they are now set to 
rtty.  I now decide to go back through and look at some CW activity. 
I set things up where I am at, but then as I start switching through 
each of the bands, they are all in rtty mode, and have to be changed 
over to cw as I go through.

Seems to me, if you sit down and get a setup (mode) you like, then you 
switch to the other band, why does the mode need to change?

Or maybe it is a feature, and I do not understand the benefit it is 
giving me.  Not sure.  If it is a useful feature that many like, then 
it would be handy to turn it off and on, for those that do not like it.

I will try some of the memory suggestions, though this seems a bit 
complicated, for just wanting to wander around the bands.  Help me 
understand if I may be missing something here.


Dave Wilburn
K4DGW
K2/100 - S/N 5982
K3/100 - S/N 766


Rick Tavan N6XI wrote:
> I haven't been following this series of threads very closely so I'm not 
> sure what you're reacting to and looking for. The BAND rocker switch 
> takes you to the last used mode and freq on each band. I find it very 
> easy to set up quick memories for each band with CW band edge in VFO A 
> and an SSB band edge in VFO B. M->V, [n] takes me to a band on CW and, 
> if I want SSB, A/B gets me there. For many scenarios this is actually 
> less effort than on  many classic radios. I also set up the per-band 
> memories so M1 is a favorite CW freq on the current band, M2 is a 
> favorite SSB freq and M3 is digital. Dunno what to do with M4. ;-) 
> 
> If this isn't what you're trying to do, try asking again.
> 
> 73,
> 
> /Rick N6XI
> 
> On 6/1/08, *David Wilburn* <dave.wilburn at verizon.net 
> <mailto:dave.wilburn at verizon.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Is it possible to work from the VFO, and not have to change modes
>     every time I switch bands?  The only work around I have found is to
>     go through all the bands and set them to what I am working on at the
>     moment.  I understand the K2 is the same way, and it bothered me
>     there also.  I'm not trying to get into another band stacking
>     register thing discussion.
> 
>     If I have a certain setup in front of me on the rig, just because I
>     change frequencies, does not mean that I want to change other settings.
> 
>     I have looked through the manual and the config menu and I cannot
>     find anything applicable.
> 
>     Being a newer ham, licensed in 2001, I do not recall this happening
>     on other rigs.  All I have had before the K2/K3 was a Kenwood
>     TS-570DG, and an IC-718, so it is possible that this is like this
>     for a good reason, that I am just missing.
>     -- 
> 
> 
>     Dave Wilburn
>     K4DGW
>     K2/100 - S/N 5982
>     K3/100 - S/N 766
> 
> 
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