[Elecraft] K3 Channel Hopping

[Brett Howard]

I'd greatly prefer that the knob remains as is and I often call off on
weird frequencies just to try and keep ham radio a little more like ham
radio and a little less like CB.

~Brett (KC7OTG)


On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 19:49 -0700, Wes Stewart wrote:
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> --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Brett Howard <brett at livecomputers.com> wrote:
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>         From: Brett Howard <brett at livecomputers.com>
>         Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Channel Hopping
>         To: lromero at ij.net
>         Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>         Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 7:41 PM
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>         You know you can use the RIT knob as a fast band move knob
>         with a simple
>         menu setting so that it works like the M.CH knob does on the
>         Kenwoods.
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> Not quite.  I use the RIT knob set to 5 KHz steps all of the time, but
> it steps 5 KHz from where it's currently setting, and if that isn't a
> 5KHz multiple then it isn't the same as the Kenwood.
> 
> Let's face it, on many bands these days we are almost channelized.
> The DX calls on 14.195 not 14.196789.  With my Kenwood, if I'm
> listening on 14.003 and decide to check 14.195 I just turn the VFO CH
> knob and easily land on freq.  BTW, the radio knows to change modes
> from CW to USB at 14.150.  And if I think I may want to return to the
> CW freq, before moving I hit Quick Memory and it's saved and I can
> return to it with one button push.
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