[Elecraft] K3 Feature Idea

[Wayne Burdick]

There will be a menu entry.

W

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On Sep 21, 2009, at 4:55 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Wayne,
>
> In the spirit of not desiring "magic buttons", I can say that if I  
> want that behavior on my radio, I will set the dial (with VFO A  
> knob) to ".00" and then I can use the RIT knob to move in 1 kHz  
> increments.
> In other words, I like the behavior as it is now.  If I am tuning  
> the SSB portion of the band, yes, I will "quantize" the low order  
> digits manually, but if I am tuning the CW portion, automatically  
> quantizing the low order digits is not as great an idea - I may want  
> a particular offset from "00", so let me do it myself if I desire,  
> but please do not force it on me.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> 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.
>>
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>>
>>
>> On Sep 21, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Mike wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Quantizes? What's that mean?  ;-o
>>>
>>> Mike NF4L
>>>
>>> Wayne Burdick wrote:
>>>
>>>> I plan to change VFO coarse tuning in general so that it quantizes.
>>>>
>>
>>
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