[Elecraft] K3 Key-down on power-up (TEST icon)

[GW0ETF]

Ed Muns, W0YK wrote:
> 
>> I would vote not to make Test mode persistent.  While I find 
>> it very useful, it can be a trap for an inexperienced K3 
>> user, to whom it might look like the radio simply isn't 
>> working.  There is no indication that the radio is in Test 
>> mode, other than the failure to transmit.
> 
> Actually, there is a (subtle) indication ... the TX icon blinks when in TX
> TEST mode.
> 
> 73,
> Ed - W0YK
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Personally I would like the TX icon to blink at a faster rate than it does.
Don't know much about peripheral perception etc but I find it easy to miss
the 'blink' and sometimes start calling someone when in TEST mode. (I
normally have the computer monitor in front and K3 to one side....)

A minor point but on the other hand something that would presumably be easy
enough to change if others felt similar..?

73, Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF (K3 145)
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