[Elecraft] K3 filter display size

[Mike]

Hi Guy.

No, the problem is my failing eyes. The graphic in question can be 
varied in width from 11 'segments' down to 3, via the width control, in 
3 discreet, and very visible steps. That's just not enough granularity 
to accomplish what I was thinking about.

It's a design choice that our good friends in Aptos made for whatever 
reasons they had, and I don't think it (like anything else on the K3) 
was a trivial quirk. I actually only wanted to know if my K3 was 
reacting as designed.
 
73, Mike NF4L

Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
> I think the problem may be the perception that the size of the width
> indicators on the display is infinitely variable. Those appear to be
> individual designed segments, as are the letter segments.  It is not
> an LCD screen with all images made from a graphics processor
> generating pixel-based images, which could be varied to anything in
> software.
>
> One can see all the segments and everything that can be shown on the
> display by tapping MENU, turning VFO B to LCD ADJ, and turning VFO A
> counter-clockwise until all the segments light up.  Displaying
> anything else would seem to involve replacing the display and the code
> that drives it.
>
> Elecraft would have to comment as to the facts of that choice, though
> I would speculate that there is cost, coding complexity, space,
> possibly internal noise considerations, and that keeping dedicated
> segments updated occupies far less processor time and code than
> graphics generation for an LCD, and they have chosen to concentrate
> that power on signal processing.
>
> 73, Guy.
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Mike <nf4l at nf4l.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hmmmm.... I dunno what happened here. My reply to Joe shows up under
>> Lyle's post, and my response to Lyle doesn't show at all. I checked the
>> address lines on the posts in my 'Sent' box and all three have the
>> individual's name and Elecraft.
>>
>> Did you get it Lyle?
>>
>> 73, Mike NF4L
>>
>>
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