[Elecraft] K3: Band edge beep?

[Wes Stewart]

--- On Mon, 8/10/09, Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Band edge beep?
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Monday, August 10, 2009, 6:25 AM
> Jim Kvochick wrote:
> >I had a chance to play with my new K3 over the
> weekend.  The one little
> >feature that I have enjoyed with many other rigs is a
> band edge "beep" from
> >the rig.  Does the K3 have something like this,
> and I just missed it while
> >learning the rig?
> 
> Band edges very between countries; but I've always wondered
> why rigs 
> don't have user-programmable beeps for use as *personal*
> reminders about 
> band plans, beacon frequencies to avoid etc.
> 
> All it needs is a simple beep when tuning through a
> programmed 
> frequency, just to jog the user's memory.
> 
> Not everyone would find it useful. Even I might not, in
> normal waking 
> hours; but the pre-dawn zombie who sometimes appears in
> this shack could 
> use a little help.
> 

My 11 year old Kenwood TS-870 has a feature that allows programming of automatic mode boundaries. Properly set for example, when I tune down from 14.2 MHz where the rig is in USB, crossing 14.15 puts it into CW.