[Elecraft] K3/10 For Sale or Trade

[K3KO]

This is A/B approach is a "transmit on the wrong VFO" accident waiting to
happen.   The tap again is what can get lost in the heat of the action.

There simply is no substitute for a second VFO/sub rx that is in RX all the
time.
That being said.  One could always tell (just after the FT-1000MP's came out
in numbers) who what using a new MP.  They were the ones transmitting on the
DX's frequency.  Nothing is foolproof.

de K3KO


Why not use the A/B button instead of REV when working split? No acrobatics
necessary. Tap it once, tune the other frequency, tap it again and you are
back where you started.

73 de ab2tc - Knut



John Reiser-3 wrote:
> 
> I don't have any trouble holding the REV button on my K3 with my index 
> finger while turning the VFO A knob with my thumb.  I do that a lot
> working 
> DX like Ducie.  Maybe it's a question of getting used to the placement of 
> the button with a new radio.
> 
> I have never used an Omni-VI, so I don't know whether its front-panel
> layout 
> is easier to use or not.
> 
> Just wanted to get my 2 cents worth in on this thread before it becomes 
> accepted truth that the K3 layout is hard to use.  It's plenty easy for
> me.
> 
> 73,  John, W2GW
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ian White GM3SEK" <gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk>
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 12:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/10 For Sale or Trade
> 
> 
>> Paul Christensen wrote:
>>>>  I also find it is much easier to hold the REV button and tune the VFO 
>>>> with one hand when working split on the Omni-VI than the K3.
>>>
>>>That's one K3 limitation that I have not experienced with most other 
>>>transceivers.   Of all the panel buttons, the placement of the REV button 
>>>is probably the most critical.   Other controls maybe touched up 
>>>periodically but when you're working split with a paddle in one hand, 
>>>split mode requires a very ergonomic one-hand operation.  I would have 
>>>preferred the K3's REV button placed either in place of the red Freq. 
>>>Entry button so that the right index finger can be used while using the 
>>>thumb and other fingers to find the Dx stations listening frequency -- 
>>>or in the alternative, placement of the REV button on the lower left of 
>>>the main VFO so that the right thumb is used.  I am right-handed so I am 
>>>naturally biased.
>>>
>>>The Ducie guys with their K3s never ran into this dilemma as the DX 
>>>station. It manifests only for the mere mortals trying to work the DX 
>>>station.  Of course, when the sub-receiver is offered, this all becomes 
>>>moot point but not everyone will want the optional sub-rx.
>>>
>>
>> A useful feature for K3s that don't have the sub-receiver would be to 
>> duplicate the REV function on the SUB button.
>>
>>
> <snip>
> 

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