[Elecraft] K3 band buttons

[Doug Turnbull]

Gary and all,
     I believe your idea has merit.   I am a K3 Novice predominantly using
an Orion 2.   The remote Pod of the O2 is a God Send for contesting.  What I
really like about it is being able to access the CW SSB memories without the
need for jabbing at small buttons on the rig during the heat of a contest.
I turn my pod sideways so as to keep the tuning knob out of the way.   For
my purposes a simple pod without many buttons or tuning encoder is more
useful.   I do not need the remote tune or band change buttons which are on
the TT remote pod they are confusion in a contest. 

     I once heard of an operator who used the pod to tune from an easy
chair.   This I can identify with though the urge has never struck.
Elecrafter would want to spend some time coming up with a pod which will
best suit their wide user base.   We are fortunate to have a manufacturer of
strictly amateur radio equipment owned and run by hams!   The service and
attention is just amazing.

               73 Doug EI2CN

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Sent: 05 April 2009 08:04
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 band buttons

FWIW I think Elecraft would achieve a lot more if they made a Keypad
Interface with "Programmable Keys" to enable users to "create" their own
unique way of operating.

As I see it the radio simply does not have the number of available
keys/knobs to be able make a lot of features "easy" to use.

I just upgraded to the latest FW and lo and behold the Squelch operation
appears to be a long press of the Config button followed by a twiddle of the
VFO, if this is the way it works I am not impressed, the knob states SQL/RF
so I did not expect to have to use a button as well.

I find all these two button presses becoming tiresome and I worry that the
K3 will become to demanding to use and end up being relegated to second
place in the shack.

I don't want a PC running my radio and if I did I would have bought a Flex
for example.

I hope Elecraft are thinking about these issues as I believe that as time
goes by the K3 will become just another menu driven radio that is too
difficult to use daily.

Gary,
S/N 679
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