[Elecraft] No On/Off for COMP & EQ?

[Erik N Basilier]

Barry, I agree with you. In voice modes it would be very helpful to be able to switch receive and or transmit eq in and out with a button press.
Such a capability would also be a quick fix for my problem of inadvertent "equalization" in data modes. 
Potentially, equalization save/restore is a complicated issue because one may want to store several different settings, maybe tied to modes.
So I can understand if Elecraft wants to explore related issues before giving us something that may have to be replaced later.
However, just maybe there is enough justification for in the long run implementing both a quick off/on pushbutton capability and saving/restoring multiple settings. If so, the one could be implemented independently from the other. The simple "on/off" would, as you suggest, be tied to front panel buttons. The saving and restoring of settings could live under the MAIN menu where the equalization settings already live. Since it takes time and effort to determine one's personal settings, I wouldn't mind having my library of eq settings defined in the Elecraft Utility as one or more settings per mode and downloaded to the radio. Each setting, regardless of mode, would be given a name and be usable with any mode. The Main Menu would show the current settings like now (modifiable from the radio like now), but also show the list of named settings, that could be made active, affecting only the mode in effect when the selection is made. After a computer-saved-and-named setting is made current in the radio/mode, it could again be modified in the radio, and possibly re-saved in the radio (and uploadable to the computer), but creation of a named setting (menu selection in the radio) could only be done on the computer. Just ideas...

73,
Erik K7TV
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Barry Pfeil 
  To: Lyle Johnson 
  Cc: Elecraft Reflector 
  Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 12:05 PM
  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No On/Off for COMP & EQ?


        Thanks, Lyle. Well, in that case, could I respectfully ask if such functions could be added to the list of "wanted" improvements?  As a minimum I'd like to be able to program a button (e.g., "PF2") to toggle the EQ on and off. I can live with turning one knob to disable the COMP but the EQ is obviously much more difficult to disable or restore.  Anybody else out there agree?  Thanks,
        Barry, K6RM

        --- On Fri, 11/7/08, Lyle Johnson <kk7p at wavecable.com> wrote:

          From: Lyle Johnson <kk7p at wavecable.com>
          Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No On/Off for COMP & EQ?
          To: barrypfeil at sbcglobal.net
          Cc: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
          Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 9:00 PM


> As far as I can tell, there appears to be no ON/OFF function (button, 
> menu, etc.) for the compression and equalization on the K3 other than 
> returning the respective controls to zero settings.  Is that true?.

Correct.

73,

Lyle KK7P
 



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