[Elecraft] K3 band stacking suggestion

[Steve Jackson]

Dave

I don't post here often despite my lurking daily since 1999.

Your comments (and related others) about K3 band stacking registers causes
me to pop up out of the weeds.  I don't currently own a K3 but had one for
a while and really liked it ... except for the lack of this feature,
predicated mostly on the fact that the radio doesn't have dedicated band
select buttons.

However, the KPA500 **does** have band-dedicated buttons.

It would be quite useful if the firmware supported a 'mode' setting where a
user could elect to make his/her KPA500 band buttons act as band stacking
registers.  As was mentioned here in another recent message, this MODE
setting could shut off the feature (perhaps the default) and then let the
user pick whether he/she wanted 2, 3, or 4 registers.  Indeed, the feature
could be enabled on a per-band basis, if you wanted to get fancy, but it's
not necessary.

I fully recognize that this feature would then be available only to those
who both (a) owned KPA500 amps and (b) had them connected to the K3 with
the interface cable.  **

This is a group of Elecraft owners which I plan to re-join as soon as I am
able ... and if I knew that this feature was there, I would accelerate that
rejoining.   Quickly.  With the purchase *of an entire new K-line*.  Yes, I
feel THAT strongly about the feature.

Steve KZ1X/4
K1  #1181
K2  # 771

**  An alternative for those who didn't have a KPA500 is an outboard
accessory box including a small microcontroller to create the command
sequences the amp would otherwise send, and a set of push buttons with band
labels (160-80-40-30 etc.).  I would consider making such a 3rd party
accessory available.