[Elecraft] K3 feature request

[Bill Johnson]

Paul,

Thanks for the additional comment.

Agreed this not as important as the much awaiting dual band receive which is
just around the corner.  That will do more good than the amp issue.  And
besides, once band conditions improve I won't be using the amp much anyway,
didn't have one until a month ago, have to use it all the time on low band
SSB to talk within 150 miles most early evenings. 


73,

Bill
K9YEQ
K2 #35; KX1 #35; K3 #1744; mini mods


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Paul Christensen
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:08 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 feature request

> "...Every AMP  has a STBY switch.  I just checked..."

Well...not every amp.  My Alpha 70V has no standby switch.   From the off 
position, the amp either goes right into active CW or SSB operating mode --

with no warm-up time (the PA tube uses a directly-heated filament).

If I want to bypass the amp, I must press the OFF button.  And when its off,

the entire amp is really off.  Sure, this is not indicative of most amps 
made, but this example may not be the only exception out there.

Still, the PTT menu issue is not important enough for me to care one way or 
the other.

Paul, W9AC 

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