[Elecraft] K3 Band switch

[drewko1 at verizon.net]

I originally suggested the [VFO dial + HOLD COARSE] combination to do
the 1 MHz stepping because I thought it might be easy to do with just
one hand. Not having a K3 in front of me yet, I don't know if that is
so. Anyhow, in general I prefer knob turning to button pushing, given
a choice (analog vs digital, so to speak...)

Ok," what success do you expect in hitting 10.101..."  

Say you're on 6.035: You hold COARSE while turning the VFO; the
display changes to 7.035, then 8.035, then 9.035, then 10.035 (about
half a turn in all, at the 5 MHZ/turn rate); you then let up on the
COARSE button and tune the VFO normally to 10.101 where, having
entered the 30m band limits, your settings for this band are restored.

The Band+ and Band- are fine for ham band switching. But for general
coverage navigation a real band switch, as above, would be preferable.

Now, you have complained about having to button-push through every
intermediate band to get to a desired ham band. Could this be
alleviated somewhat using the VFO knob as a ham band only switch? Say,
by holding the FINE button you could step through the ham bands using
the VFO knob, perhaps more conveniently than "PUSH PUSH PUSH...", In
other words, map the ham bands to VFO knob rotation while the FINE
button is being held.

Anyhow, these are just suggestions, not necessarily feature requests.
My only request is to get my K3 (few more weeks!)

73,
Drew
AF2Z


On Wed, 07 May 2008 21:01:15 +0000, Brian/K3KO wrote:

>Augie,
>
>And what success do you expect in hitting 10.101 or 18.068?
>
>Unfortunately the ham bands don't all start with .000 lower limits.
>


>What is really needed is one button press to get to the band you want.
>Two to six button presses alone or in combo with knob twisting  simply 
>isn't acceptable.  
>Standing on your head while twisting a knob behind one's back isn't  either.
>
>73 de Brian/K3KO
>
>Augie Hansen wrote:
>