[Elecraft] K3 filter presets I/II: present and future functionality

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

I understand that and I also guess quite a few would be - you have a very
valid point. how about not displaying either I or II if you move the
settings away from the preset?


On 02/03/2008 12:20, "Brett Howard" <brett at livecomputers.com> sent:

> For the record I'm more for as few things blinking as possible unless
> its very necessary that action is taken.
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 11:14 +0000, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
> 
>> I haven't used them much. I do tend to forget I'm modifying a config and
>> then of course, can't get back to it quickly. I find I'm pressing 'NORM' a
>> lot, so I think perhaps I would prefer to set this up with presets.
>> 
>> It's not clear to me how I would set these up per mode, I'd prefer to have 2
>> presets per mode and switch between them with a HOLD of I/II, and of course
>> just be able to move away from the preset with controls and get back to it
>> with a HOLD of I/II (I'm assuming you wouldn't want to change the TAP
>> function of I/II.
>> 
>> Here's how I see it might be done:
>> 
>> To use them :
>> Just a HOLD of I/II to switch to I or II depending upon where you start.
>> Then if you move away from that setting, by say reducing the width further,
>> a HOLD of I/II returns you to the preset you were using before you moved
>> away.
>> 
>> To indicate where your at:
>> Once a preset is chosen as above, either I or II is displayed.
>> If you then move away from that, I or II blinks, indicating you started
>> there, but have changed the settings slightly.
>> If you haven't set (and stored) a preset for a specific mode, I and II blink
>> alternately or neither show or perhaps the one or both not set flash very
>> rapidly. I don't expect this scenario would last long, since most people
>> would set up from day 1.
>> 
>> To set them, one of two scenarios:
>> 1. A long HOLD (like moving RIT to VFO) of I/II, followed by a press of
>> either the 1 or 2 button (on RH keypad)
>> or
>> 2. Start with either preset I or II, the one you wish to change. Make
>> changes as you wish and then a long HOLD of I/II
>> 
>> 
>> If you feel using TAP functionality of say I/II is acceptable, then HOLD
>> above becomes TAP and long HOLD becomes HOLD.
>> 
>> 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
>> 
>>> On 29/02/2008 20:24, "wayne burdick" <n6kr at elecraft.com> sent:
>>> Before we make any changes, I'd like to know:
>>>    - if you use presets at all
>>>    - if you like the new proposal better (making them fixed)
>> 

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