[Elecraft] [K3] Band switching

[Mike]

I have to agree about the herring, Rich.

This is the second desing decision I disagree with, an astonishingly small number, 
given the total. While I can certainly understand the K3's attractivness to the SWL, 
it is an amateur radio transceiver. Maybe someday an option to limit the rotation to 
ham bands. Maybe have the band memory not remember anything in the lower 10 or so 
memories, no matter what the frequency...... I like that.

It's more a matter of curiosity than any real angst.

73, Mike NF4L

On 3/27/2011 10:32 AM, Richard Ferch wrote:
> NF4L wrote:
>
>> But if I can't recall a memory (M>V), there's very little value in creating one, is
>> there?
>>
> I think the programmable memories are a red herring. The point here is
> that there are eleven de facto scratchpad memories associated with the
> amateur bands - the BAND button rotates you through these memories.
> Whenever you change the VFO frequency, whether using the dial or M>V or
> entering it on the keypad, the new VFO frequency replaces the one in the
> scratchpad memory associated with the ham band nearest the new
> frequency, which is why you keep getting sent back to it when you use
> the BAND button.
>
> That's a design decision. Should the scratchpad band memories be
> reserved for VFO settings inside the ham bands, or used for all VFO
> settings? Your views on this might depend on whether you are an SWL or
> not, or whether you are a MARS operator or not...
>
> 73,
> Rich VE3KI
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