[Elecraft] K3 Band switch

[Stewart Baker]

How about the "End Fed Dipole"  :-))

73
Stewart G3RXQ
On Wed, 07 May 2008 10:51:42 -0400, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Ron,
>
> Warning: RANT ON --
>
> Before we get more confused with terminology, it is not a 
"stacking"
> memory if you can retrieve from any slot in the memory - that is 
random
> access.
>
> A "stack" can only be loaded/unloaded from one end (usually 
referred to
> as the top) and one must sequentially remove entries until the 
one
> wanted is present.  The K3 regular band switch is more akin to a
> "stack", but not quite since it wraps around and one can move in 
either
> direction.
>
> I don't care what other manufacturers and hams have called 
things, but
> many have certainly strayed far away from what they are supposed 
to
> mean.  For instance, what is commonly referred to as a 'zepp' 
antenna is
> nothing like the original, the G5RV has been quite mutilated, 
and L.B.
> Cebik (sadly now SK) had long been an advocate for striking the 
word
> 'counterpoise' from the ham language because it has become so 
misused
> that we now have a term for something that has no clear 
definition of
> what it is, so we always have to ask for details.  Please, let's 
not
> start this with memory naming - the programming field has long 
had
> meaningful definitions for such things and they make sense - it 
would be
> nice to keep it that way.
>
> RANT OFF
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR