[Elecraft] K3 AM feature request

[Reflector stuff]

I agree with Jim ..... A fast tuning rate on AM is not necessarily good. 
What is good is to be able to vary the rate to fit what the user likes ..... 
Like the FT-817 and IC-746.
And, Jim, being a live OF beats the heck out of the alternative!

72  73    Hank    K8DD
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Wiley" <jwiley at alaska.net>
To: "David Woolley (E.L)" <forums at david-woolley.me.uk>
Cc: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 AM feature request


>
>
> Well, at least one reason is that some SW stations still insist on using 
> frequencies other than precisely on the 0 or 5 kHz marks.  Also, a slower 
> tuning rate makes it easier to "offset" the tuning to one side a bit to 
> help duck interference.  This is the "we don't need no stinkin' rules" 
> syndrome.
>
> SW listening and AM ham radio operation are the reasons that I insist on 
> having full AM capability in any HF ham receiver/transmitter/transceiver 
> before I will purchase it.  Also, all too many of them recently have, 
> unfortunately, bought into the idea that AM "must" have a faster tuning 
> rate than other modes.  Not necessarily a good idea, at least as far as I 
> am concerned.  But then, perhaps I just an OF.   Selectable tuning rates 
> for _all_ modes, including  the very slowest to the very fastest are the 
> way to go.
>
> - Jim, KL7CC
>
>
> David Woolley (E.L) wrote:
>> Short wave broadcast stations are channelised with 5kHz channels; why
>> would 1kHz steps be useful?
>>
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