[Elecraft] K3 Feature Idea

[Wayne Burdick]

I plan to change VFO coarse tuning in general so that it quantizes.  
Tapping CLR to accomplish this strikes me as further control  
overloading, which I want to avoid. Besides that, CLR clears the RIT  
offset even if RIT is off.

Wayne

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On Sep 21, 2009, at 4:12 AM, Brett Howard <brett at livecomputers.com>  
wrote:

> Not too long ago there was some debate about the Fast QSY function  
> that
> can be used if you set VFO OFS = 1.
>
> There were those who feel that the fast QSY function should *not*  
> clear
> the LSB's so that if you use it (or perhaps accidentally bump it) you
> have an easier time getting back to the frequency that you were
> previously on.
>
> However there are those who have grown accustomed to the M.CH knob on
> Kenwood rigs that allow for 1Khz movement but it *does* clear the  
> LSB's
> and allows you to tune the band in a channelized fashion.   
> Personally I
> kinda wish that we'd use the band in a more random fashion and less  
> like
> CBer's but thats just me... ;)
>
> Any way I had a thought.  Being that the CLR button has no function  
> when
> the user is simply listening with RIT and XIT off why not have that
> button clear the 3 LSBs.  That way if you want the first scenario
> mentioned above you simply grab the knob and crank away.  However if  
> you
> prefer the second scenario you only have tap that CLR switch.  This  
> is a
> very simple action and one can hit this button in the same motion  
> while
> reaching for the knob.
>
> Anyone have thoughts?
>
> ~Brett
>
>
> PS:  Sorry for more nit picks on the K3 guys but honestly I think  
> we're
> at this level now...  For me the K3 works wonderfully.  Granted I know
> that with this group out here there will be more great ideas and some
> more big exciting firmware releases are on the way!  Sometimes its  
> hard
> to come up with solutions that keep everyone happy.  Here is my  
> attempt
> at one.
>