[Elecraft] K3 Memories - Band changing etc.

[n4lq]

Julian
Don't you need the DVR to make that happen?

Steve Ellington
N4LQ at insightbb.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G4ILO" <julian.g4ilo at gmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Memories - Band changing etc.


>
>
> Bill Coleman  N2BC wrote:
>>
>> I miss dedicated band buttons even though my main rig has been a K2 for
>> the last couple years.  Using the "Quick Memories" and M1..M4 work quite
>> well though.
>>
>> But (you knew this was coming), the very thing that makes the "Quick
>> Memory" function handy can also be its downfall. Try as I might to be
>> careful, I continue to clobber the memory by pressing V>M in error.
>> Because the 00 - 09 locations are "Quick Memories" they are overwritten
>> immediately when the numeric keypad entry is pressed.
>>
> I just discovered a new way to abuse the K3 using this system. I 
> programmed
> my Quick Memories to take me to frequencies in the CW part of each band,
> then M1 - M4 to take me to different parts of the band.
>
> So after pressing M>V, 5 to take me to 15m (CW) I pressed M>V, M3 to go to 
> a
> different part of the band. Only either I didn't press M>V hard enough so 
> it
> didn't register, or I had a senior moment and didn't press it at all, so I
> transmitted the programmed contents of memory 3 at 100W into an untuned
> antenna.
>
> If you use the message memories then there is a risk of accidentally
> transmitting their contents if you are using the same buttons as per-band
> memories as well.
>
> -----
> Julian, G4ILO  K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392
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