[Elecraft] K3: CW feature request

[Duncan Carter]

On the other hand, maybe you'd want to use someone else's K3 and they 
might object to having their settings changed.  At one time, I was a 
fairly big gun contester; I'm not now but I might operate multi-op which 
I've done before.  My old rig is a very modified FT-101E with good 
dynamic range as a result of mixer, blanker, and IF changes, great 
selectivity owing to adding the speech clipper to the IF, plus other 
changes and the same opposite tuning plus the orignal finals lasted34 
years.  For an analog rig, it still does pretty much what I want.  That 
said, it hasn't been turned on since I got my K3.  I've considered using 
it as a second "IF" for second receiver purposes and for noise 
clipper/blanker experiments but that priority is declining steadily.  
It's not worth selling and the mods would frighten almost all potential 
buyers.  I hand made a board to follow the speech processor that Yaesu 
didn't include until later and it's UGLY.  I can still repair it, it 
still works.  I'm sure Yaesu wouldn't touch it; will they still repair 
the 1000; I've heard some discouraging things about part availability.  
I've offered it to a semi-interested grand-daughter but she's too busy 
with school, soccer, bicycle racing, drama, etc..  Let it be a beloved 
spare or maybe just.tune it with the other hand (saith the left hand 
person who was forced to be right handed in elementary school, the 
consequence of living in the third world).

I currently have the 101 in it's usual spot on my left and the K3 in a 
new spot on my right.  Both work; dyslexia isn't all bad.  Maybe I 
should run coax to the 101 and use both simultaneously.  If only I was 
schizophrenic.

The question that Wayne and crew are perhaps asking is what's the 
priority and how much work is it.  I'm happy; it's taken me to months to 
adjust.

;-))

Dunc, W5DC



Randy Farmer wrote:
>> I am with you on this.  Too many years tuning the band in one direction to
>> change now.
>>     
>
> Me, too. I'm getting used to the way the K3 tunes, but for ergonomic 
> reasons it would really be nice to have a way to make both of my 
> radios tune the same direction. Since my second radio is an old 
> FT-1000D that doesn't have the CW Reverse functionality, I suppose 
> it's up to the K3 to do the changing -- just because it can (or will 
> be able to someday).
>
> 73...
> Randy, W8FN 
>
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