[Elecraft] K3 Bandswitching-My experiences to Date

[n4lq]

Dave: (Another fine LQ)
I'd still prefer the ICOM/TenTec method of bandswitch but maybe once we get 
the LP-Pan and PowerSDR running full time, band changing will be 'point and 
click'. I plan to use a dedicated PC for the K3 and a separate PC for 
internet and other forms of entertainment. I know many people who have Flex 
rigs do the same. If this system works as it should, the K3 would like using 
a Flex5000 but with a cw transmitter that works as it should. The LP-PAN 
should provide even more entertainment as a separate receiver although I'm 
not sure how one will switch the tuning between the K3 and the PAN. Perhaps 
this will all come clear once we get these gadgets hooked up.
Steve Ellington
N4LQ at insightbb.com
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From: "David and Dianne on Comcast" <dhhdeh at comcast.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:04 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Bandswitching-My experiences to Date


> Hi Everyone,
>
> In hanging around the K3 booth in Dayton this year (some would say I was
> 'lurking' around the booth) I overheard several K3 prospective owners
> pressing Wayne on the absence of dedicated bandswitches and bandstacking
> registers.
>
> Having been a user of Icom and Ten Tec gear for many years, I too admit
> that this was one of my reservations when first considering my K3
> purchase over a year ago.
>
> Now after almost four months of K3 use, I wanted to past a comment
> directed at those considering a K3 who believe that this issue may be a
> deal breaker.
>
> IMO it is not.
>
> It takes a bit of time and study to adapt to this approach of Elecraft's
> UI, but the K3 has some remarkable and flexible alternatives.
>
> Over the years I have never had much use for transceiver memories as
> implemented by most JA manufacturers, but he K3' approach to memories
> and their flexibility is awesome once you master them. Between general
> memories, memories assignable to the number keys and the 'within band'
> memories you can quickly replicate something very similar to dedicated
> bandswitches. One of the best tutorials on this is found on the K3 Wiki
> website. If you have not discovered it you should look it up.
>
> Having now programed the K3's number keys as memories for a portion of
> each band and the 'within band' memories (M1-M4) to another portion of
> the same band, I have something approaching dedicated bandswitches.  It
> took a while to discover how to do this but now changing bands is second
> nature. I almost never use the K3 up and down bandswitch any more, The
> programmable memories are just that much quicker.
>
> I had a talk with Wayne about this at Dayton. He asked if I would
> consider sharing my personal comments on the reflector. Thus my post here.
>
> If at some time in the future when the K3 wish list has shrunken down,
> should Elecraft develop an outboard combination keypad/bandswitch along
> the lines of what Icom offered for the venerable IC-751A way back, I'm
> sure some of us would welcome it but until then I find the use of
> programmed memories for bandswitching to be just fine.
>
> My $.02
>
> YMMV
>
> 73 de N1LQ-Dave
>
>
>
>
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