[Elecraft] K3: Key down, Operator trouble, etc.

[Brian Alsop]

In my opinion you don't want to burden the radio with this.

The preferred way is to use any contesting program for logging and set 
it up to be a single band operation.

Trying to make the radio so "smart" that it compensates for operator 
error is inappropriate.  
The op makes a mistake, tough.  Perhaps he will learn from it and move on.

73 de Brian/K3KO

Kenneth Waites wrote:

>I am afraid this will lead us to need a reminder function  to alert the operator to possibly lock bands.  This will only sound when the date coincides with a contest.  Then we will need another facility to select only the contests we need to be reminded of so we can possibly lock the band change.  Then we will need a reminder for where we left the manual since we will have forgotten how to do it.
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>>>>I thought of another feature to help fix the stupid user issue.  How
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>about a lock that doesn't allow a band change.  Such as a special way to
>use the lock button that doesn't lock one out from QSYing but doesn't
>allow them to move off of say 40 meters.  We had a death to a band pass
>filter cause some one turned their equipment over to a new ham on
>another one of the stations and a feature that locks from going to
>another band could have prevented that.  Also would be useful for when
>you don't have the tuner nor an external and your antenna is only good
>on one band.
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