[Elecraft] Big Box K-3

[Brett Howard]

I just want to be able to see the entire menu (or more of it) over on
the P3 all at the same time and I want to see the menu item and the
current value that they are set to.  

Here is an example of how it could look:
http://www.tentec.com/images/6.jpg

This way as you're barreling through the options you eye can be looking
for the one you want and can see more at once rather that only one at a
time.  

I really like how fast one can traverse the menus with the two knobs and
the tap disp for default value and a tid bit of help works wonderfully
but they could be much more user friendly and better integrated as a
product if you could get a view like that of above on the P3!

~Brett (N7MG)

On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 21:47 -0400, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Brett,
> 
> I think the K3 gets an undeserved "bad rap" for the menus.  The main 
> menu has only 13 items in it, and those are the items most likely to be 
> changed during operation.  Assigning these menu items to buttons might 
> make sense in some instances, but I don't change mics very often, nor do 
> I change the LED or LCD brightness often, so even the MAIN menu in my K3 
> gets little use.
> 
> Yes, the CONFIG menu is large and has many settings, but those are 
> usually changed only as one has occasion to add options, or experiment 
> with some of the settings to see if the operation of the K3 can be 
> improved (such as the AGC settings).  I cannot see the CONFIG menu items 
> needing a button because they should not be needed in normal operation - 
> experiment a bit to determine the best setting, and then leave it 
> there.  Too much "monkeying" with the CONFIG menu can lead to 
> unintentional changes that cause "stange and confusing happenings".
> 
> If there is a need to access a CONFIG menu item frequently, perhaps one 
> should lobby for moving that menu item to the main menu.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> Brett Howard wrote:
> > ... make the menus
> > of the K3 more user friendly.
> >
> > ~Brett (N7MG)
> >   
> >