[Elecraft] Dissable AM

[Lu Romero]

George:

How do you monitor a mode that you dont have a filter for?

When you disable a mode for transmit, logically, it shouldnt
show up in the display when you scroll through the modes...
It is after all DISABLED.

Same thing with AGC.  Just had a couple of friends using a
borrowed K3 for the first time in a mobile in FQP this past
weekend that accidentally pressed and held the AGC button,
turning off the AGC.  They noticed that the front panel
display saidn "AGC-" so they assumed that AGC was on and
were amazed when multiple stations blasted their ears off. 
Since there is no little S or little F after the AGC, it was
actually off, as we more experienced K3 pilots understand.

Would be nice if when the AGC was off if AGC disapeared or
we could put a O for off or a X for "crossed out=off" on the
display.

Minor stuff that you learn, but details are everything
sometimes.  I can live with what we have, but un other
words, if it was an airplane, it would have killed them! 
Glad its just Ham Radio!

You never get a second chance to make a first impression to
a user...

-lu-w4lt-
K3 # 3192

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Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 13:04:27 -0400
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Dissable AM
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All:

If you mean that a mode is not enabled for transmit; then I
disagree. I do 
monitor to modes that I will probably never transmit
especially if it means 
spending the funds to purchase filter(s).
At some point the config. menu will become way too bloated
to be effective; 
we might even be there already from a recent posting
requesting full 
information on the menu options. Scrolling one more position
is not an issue 
for at least one of us!

My 2 cents!
George
AI4VZ