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

[Don Wilhelm]

There was discussion of a future firmware change that would allow 
different confgurations to be loaded - such as only 80, 40, 20, 15, and 
10 for a specific contest.  Once implemented, and when taken to extreme, 
the K3 could be configured for only one band.  In my opinion, a 
configuration like that is much more acceptable than a button (like the 
VFO LOCK) to lock the K3 on one band.

73,
Don W3FPR

Alexandr Kobranov wrote:
> Yes, one thing is not to make radis so "smart" and second one is how 
> much cost all around which can be destroyed by some stupid mistake.
> 
> Such option - locking band - is not critical one but can help also in 
> transverter mode, when only selected transverter band will be "permitted".
> In case when transverter is driven by standard ANT port with let say 
> 0,2W max out, switching to some standrd HF band with standard output 
> power (12W max resp. 100W max) and short attempt to TX can destroy TX 
> line in transverter I suppose. (Not tested - yet - :))
> 
> There is no way how to rely on PC control if BAND up/down button is 
> still active and human being is operating station... Especially 
> inmultioperator enviroment with different operators and skills.
> 
> 73!
> Lexa, ok1dst
> 
> Brian Alsop napsal(a):
>> 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.
>>