[Elecraft] Pileup "markers" [ was Re: Band edge markers]

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

You sir do not have the newest beta firmware release.  Get with the 
times!  :)

Mike W0MU

W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net


On 12/7/2011 11:27 AM, n5ge at n5ge.com wrote:
> Elecraft; Please modify the K3 so I can set it in DX mode and go watch my
> favorite TV show while it works DX or contests for me.  That way I wouldn't have
> to learn or use any skills, watch the P3, turn the VFO, speak into the mic, send
> CW, log contacts, upload my log to eQSL and LOTW or the contest sponsor.
>
> After the event I would be able to have long discussions with the owners of the
> other rig brands about how much smarter my K3 was that theirs.
>
> Could you have this completed before the next contest?  Afterall, it would just
> be a firmware change, right?
>
> ;-)
>
> 73,
> Tom
> Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
> ARRL Lifetime Member
> QCWA Lifetime Member
>
> "If somebody has a bad heart,
> they can plug this jack in at
> night as they go to bed and it
> will monitor their heart
> throughout the night. And the
> next morning, when they wake up
> dead, there'll be a record."
>
> --Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman,
>    1981 - 1987
>
>
> On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:54:18 -0500, drewko<drewko1 at verizon.net>  wrote:
>
>> No. But I would like to be able to define a temporary frequency
>> segment that the VFO would be restricted to. This would be useful for
>> split tuning through pileups: finding the current caller to a DX
>> station or just finding an open spot for oneself.
>>
>> One the segment limits were set up you could just turn the VFO knob
>> without looking at the frequency display and always remain within the
>> pile. As you hit either end of the temporary segment the frequency
>> readout would reset to the opposite end of the segment and keep going,
>> so you wouldn't have to pay any attention to the readout at all; just
>> turn the knob and listen. A sort of manual scanner.
>>
>> 73,
>> Drew
>> AF2Z
> [snip]
>
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