[Elecraft] Re: K3: A>B two-step (was "illogical coding")

[wayne burdick]

Doug,

There was plenty of logic behind it, but in hindsight it might not 
sense for all users. (It did meet with the approval of our 20 field 
testers.)

The change was motivated by the sub receiver. Here's one example:

Suppose you're using SPLIT, listening to a weak DX station on the main 
RX (in a very narrow bandwidth with preamp on), while tuning for a 
clear spot with the sub RX (using a wider bandwidth and preamp off). 
With one tap of A>B you can move VFO B back to the starting point and 
work your way up again. If this also copied VFO A's filter and preamp 
settings (etc.) to VFO B, you'd have to set them up all over again.

But I'll be happy to sit back and listen to arguments pro and con. If 
it looks like a lot of operators would prefer to copy everything with 
one tap, I could add a menu entry. If no one argues in favor of two-tap 
(including the field testers), I could change it outright. I'm easy  :)

Thanks for your input.

Wayne
N6KR

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