[Elecraft] [K3] Band switching

[drewko]

I would also prefer that BAND function as a striclty ham bandswitch,
even though I do a lot of SWLing also. Or perhaps it is bacause I do
both hamming and SWLing that I find BAND a little annoying; if you
stick to either ham bands or SWBC bands you are probably happy with
the arrangement. 

What would be really nice would be the ability to select any
contiguous ten slots in frequency memory as the current "quick"
memory, not just memory locations 00 through 09. Then you could bank
switch SWBC freqs, ham bands, AM Bcst freqs, etc. into quick memory,
accessible with the number keypad. 

Another thing that would be useful for general coverage users would be
a super-coarse tuning rate that would allow the VFO knob to change the
display frequency in 1 MHz increments. That is how the Kenwood R-1000
SW receiver bandswitch worked: essentially a 30-position band switch.
It was very nice for getting around the entire general coverage
frequency space. 

73,
Drew
AF2Z


On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:30:14 -0400, Mike NF4L wrote:

>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
>