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

[Brendan Minish]

In the beginning I hated it then I was undecided for a while, now I like
it! at this stage I am used to it and the double tap is very quick to
do.

With the sub RX in use for Dx chasing / Split it's great the way it is.
with no sub installed it makes less sense.

Give us a menu item, perhaps implement a second layer to the config menu
for all the UI things that people will rarely wish to change (but are
going to ask elecraft for anyway!) to prevent the main config menu
getting too cluttered. Icing on the cake would be the ability to edit
these settings from the K3 utility which could then be used to manage
'user profiles'  

Ohh and scrap locking VFOB in linked mode please ! 

 73
Brendan EI6IZ 





On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 15:53 -0400, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:
> I have to agree that this change was not so smart (maybe clever, but not smart).
> 
> While I admit that I never thought about the guys who "do this
> commonly" (I think they are the VHF types), I do think that this mod
> was a case of being over-zealous in the "we can do it" mentality as
> compared to the "what will the VAST MAJORITY" of users want?  I bet
> that this isn't even close to an 80/20 rule.
> 
> IMHO, the VAST MAJORITY of K3 owners who use A>B are HF types who want
> EVERYTHING copied.  And while "how much longer does it take to tap
> twice" may be true, it is "more" true that this change was made to
> benefit the few at the expense of the many - a violation of many
> business and operational principles.
> 
> I am a strong advocate for letting the USER decide which method (one
> tap vs two) and that the selection should be implemented via a MENU
> item (if possible).  Personally, I have not and will never use just
> "one tap" (allowing for the times that it worked "the right way" prior
> to the change).
> 
> I relinquish the soapbox....
> 
> de Doug KR2Q
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