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

[Brett Howard]

I'll add another vote for leaving it alone.

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:21 PM, LANCE COLLISTER <w7gj at q.com> wrote:
>
> wayne burdick wrote:
>> 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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> My vote is for the noise gate first ;-) TNX and VY 73, Lance
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