[Elecraft] K3 Band changing...Devils Advocate...
Don Rasmussen
wb8yqj at yahoo.com
Fri May 30 00:19:09 EDT 2008
I brought up the band changing issue early on with the
guys, not because I just had to have it, but because
it seemed that every transceiver these days that's big
enough to have them, does.
The thing that I find disconcerting is that even
though many of the buttons on the K3 are fully
occupied with multiple TAP and HOLD functions, there
are (5) that I will never ever use in their TAP -or-
HOLD capacity - those being M1, M2, M3, M4, and REC.
These could clearly be drafted into service as band
stacking registers (on first press), yet they just
stay there hogging up space on my front panel.
I proposed a CONFIG option that would allow the
MESSAGE keys to be used either as DVK on first press
as originally fitted, but also could be used as
bandstack keys if the user preferred that as a first
press function over the DVK.
A minimum of 5 band stack keys are waiting there for
use, 10 if you include HOLD.
But I'll not malign the K3 for missing what was on the
756Pro and the OMNI VI+, because once I find a
frequency with the K3 it's a more enjoyable place to
be.
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ab2tc ab2tc at arrl.net
Thu May 29 17:35:19 EDT 2008
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We are indeed spoiled. If Elecraft could just fix the
disappearing of ham
bands on the BAND button when tuning to a non-ham-band
frequency, I would be
happy as punch. Not all radios have a dedicated button
for each band (at
least 11), which is really a waste of panel space. I
have been happy
band-switching (up/down buttons) with my IC-718 for
years, but it doesn't
have the Elecraft disappearance quirk.
Knut - AB2TC
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