[Elecraft] K3: proposed SSB coarse tuning rate change

[AD6XY]

This is the one aspect of the K3 I find frustrating. To QSY a few hundered
kHz takes a lot of turning. I really like the way some radios speed up the
tuning rate as you turn the dial faster. I use the RIT tuning very often to
QSY quickly and for larger steps I end up having to use DFE which is tedious
and often results in mistakes. I think this is almost the only thing Icom do
better.

To answer your question Eric, I don't find the higher corse tuning steps
useful so I won't miss 2.5kHz steps.




wayne burdick wrote:
> 
> We've had many requests to provide an 0.5-kHz VFO tuning step size in  
> SSB modes. I'd like to substitute this for the current 2.5 kHz  
> selection. The new set of steps sizes for SSB would then be:
> 
>    0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0
> 
> Most operators probably don't find 2.5 kHz steps to be particularly  
> useful. 0.5 kHz, on the other hand, seems to be a useful lowest-common- 
> denominator for tuning the SSB band segments.
> 
> Each mode can have up to 4 step sizes with the K3's present per-mode  
> data structure. I could add more step sizes, but that would require a  
> much more extensive change.
> 
> Please let me know if you have a compelling requirement for 2.5 kHz  
> steps.
> 
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 
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