[Elecraft] K3 Band changing...Devils Advocate...

[drewko1 at verizon.net]

On Sat, 31 May 2008 10:17:24 -0700, Brian, WB6RQN wrote:

>
>As I tune across the band I often hear a signal that sounds  
>interesting, e.g. a station in QSO that I want to go back to or a pile- 
>up I don't want to try to deal with now, but I don't want to stop  
>there. I want to keep going. So usually I quickly scribble the  
>frequency on a piece of paper but lately I have taken to use the VFO A/ 
>B to "remember" the frequency in VFO B while continuing to tune with  
>VFO A (not much use when working split). So I think what people are  
>asking for is a way to hit a single button to drop the frequency,  
>mode, and filter setting in to temporary memory that will remember the  
>last n (2? 3? 10?) button pushes. Then you can move through these by  
>pushing some kind of "go-to-previous/go-to-next" button. That way you  
>can immediately jump back to something you had previously heard. (I  
>like the idea of a knob myself but a forward/back toggle works too.)
>

I'd often thought that idea would be good for a TV remote control unit
(instead of the standard single-channel "Last" memory button)... until
I realized that I often click through a hundred cable channels and
there is not one channel I want to go back to, let alone many... But
yes, that would be a nice feature for a ham rig (and especially a
general coverage receiver), in my opinion.

I've also been day-dreaming about a mode-specific Band Up/Down switch.
For example, in CW mode the frequencies/settings recalled by cycling
through Band Up/Down would be different than those when you are in
USB/LSB. Or AM, etc. This would suit me because I usually stick to a
single mode and jump around the bands, rather than switching among
different modes within a single band. 

73,
Drew
AF2Z