[Elecraft] K3 Band switch
Vic K2VCO
vic at rakefet.com
Fri May 9 11:48:39 EDT 2008
David Woolley wrote:
> n4lq wrote:
>
>> Nowadays a lot of hams have amplifiers, tuners and rotary beams that
>> follow the bandswitching. Imagine what happens to all those relays and
>> motors when quickly scrolling through each band.
>
> The K2 (current firmware) defers any internal relay switching until
> about 0.5 seconds after the last band switch press. If the K3 doesn't
> already do it, couldn't it defer sending any signals that would normally
> cause external switching in the same way?
The K3 DOES do this. I use a KRC2 to control antenna relays and they do
not start to clack until I stop pushing the band button.
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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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