[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.
-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco


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