[Elecraft] K3 Feature Idea

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

And something I quite like, since so many ops seem to aim for the .00  
freq anyway.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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On 21 Sep 2009, at 21:52, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> Sorry -- geekSpeak  :)
>
> Suppose the VFO were tuned to, say, 7040.23, in CW mode. Further
> assume your CONFIG:VFO CRS menu parameter is set to 1.0 kHz (i.e.,
> your COARSE tuning step is set to 1.0 kHz in CW mode). If you then go
> into COARSE mode and move the VFO up one tic, you'll get 7041.23 with
> present firmware. In the future you'll get 7042.00: "quantized" to the
> nearest "quantum" which in this case is the next even multiple of 1.0
> kHz.
>
> The same will apply if you have the RIT/XIT offset control enabled for
> use as VFO coarse tuning when it's not being used for RIT/XIT (see
> CONFIG:VFO OFS). The control will be quantized just like the VFO when
> it is in COARSE mode.
>
> The VFO already quantizes with smaller tuning increments selected
> (e.g. 50 Hz). So quantizing COARSE increments would be more consistent
> with present behavior.