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

[Alexandr Kobranov]

Yes, you are right, Don.

I do not believe that this is possible by one button, maybe in CONFIG: 
BAND ENABLE yes/no as band specific option. Then in any stored profile 
simply recalled.
But talking about "contest setup" is more specific as there are some 
segments per mode according IARU etc..
(just joking but having sometimes SSB stations on low part of 160 or 
40m during contest is not good experience - maybe some rigid profiles 
can "cure" this...:-)
73!
L. -dst-


Don Wilhelm napsal(a):
> 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.
>>>
>