[Elecraft] K3: Keypad Band Switching - a simple request

[Vic K2VCO]

TomB W1PKX wrote:
> I would like to request Elecraft consider adding a
> CONFIG menu switch to protect memory entries from inadvertant overwriting.
> This would effectively disable the V > M button while active. More than once
> I've mistakenly hit V > M  when I intended to recall a memory.

This is a mistake that I've made a lot and it's annoying. It's either 
because I read Hebrew, which of course goes from right to left, or 
because I'm a programmer and automatically think of putting the contents 
of the thing on the right into the thing on the left!

I've suggested to Wayne that Elecraft change the buttons to read STO and 
RCL or something. But in case they don't do this :-) here are some 
suggestions:

1) If you make this mistake, immediately hit M > V which will cancel it 
without doing anything.

2) Notice the AF REC label under V > M. REC means 'record'.

3) I did this: cut a small sticker -- I used a piece of a shiny red 
bumper sticker -- to fit over the face of the V > M key. This has 
completely solved the problem -- my brain only sees M > V so that's the 
one it chooses. But I have V > M available immediately if I need it.
-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco