[Elecraft] K3 Feature Idea

[Mike]

Quantizes? What's that mean?  ;-o

Mike NF4L

Wayne Burdick wrote:
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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.
>>
>>     
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