[Elecraft] K3 Band button suggestion

[Don Wilhelm]

Steve (or anyone else who knows),

Please explain the convenience of "band-stacking" memories.  I have 
never used a radio with "band-stacking" memories, so I really don't know 
what that means.
Is it really a 'stack' (as in programming) where one can only select the 
item at the top of the  stack?
If it is something different, then the term "band-stacking" should not 
be used IMHO - I think it was Yaesu that first popularized the term and 
I have been confused ever since.

The K3 provides 4 random access memories for each band in the M1-M4 
buttons, and you say you want only 3, so you may use only M1-M3 if you 
so choose.

Yes, it does take a  2 button tap to retrieve the contents of any of the 
M1-M4 memories, but if band-sacking memories can only retrieve the 
topmost memory with any one tap, the average number of button taps 
required to retrieve the desired memory with a stack depth of 3 is also 
two taps.

So please tell me that "band-stacking" is something different than a 
"stack" as used in programming, and I will give up my argument and go 
off on another tangent about the ills of mis-named functions on a radio.

73,
Don W3FPR

Steve Ellington wrote:
> Since we can't have band stacking and memories are too much trouble, how 
> about designating one seldom used button of our choice to be the band 
> stacking button. Example: We scroll to 40 meters with the usual band button 
> then once we are on 40m, we can use that designated button to scroll through 
> pre-programmed locations across the band such as CW, SSB, Digital etc. 3 
> spots would be plenty. To me, this seems like a good compromise. In my case, 
> I would chose to designate the "SUB" button since I don't have the sub 
> receiver or maybe the RATE button since I seldom need it. Anything would be 
> better than using those memories!
> Steve  N4LQ
> N4LQ at carolina.rr.com 
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