[Elecraft] Elecraft K3 presentation for a club?

[Don Wilhelm]

Tony,

If your main concern is about the "knob and menu twiddling" folks at a 
multi-operator situation, consider the locking function for mic gain, 
compression and power that are available in the PWR SET menu. It will 
not prevent total disaster, but can help with the basic settings for 
those parameters.

Yes, you may still have to provide instruction for the Width/Shift or 
HiCut/LoCut knobs, and the likes of split operation, but the K3 can be 
operated with no guest operator problems just 'as-is'.

My K3 has been used as the CW station in the last 3 Field Day events, 
and no problems were found.  In the middle of the night while the CW ops 
were asleep, a couple operators used it on SSB and discovered what a 
fabulous rig it was just using the default settings.  I don't think I 
generated any orders for the K3 because most of the club members seem to 
think that a transceiver costing over $500 is an extravagance.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 4/5/2013 11:06 AM, Tony McClenny wrote:
> If Elecraft or expert user(s) could arrange to teach a class on how to use
> the K3, here is one individual, who would be so pleased to attend.  I have
> had the rig for several years, read the manual more than once, followed the
> e-mail reflector diligently, experimented and learned to use multiple
> functions with a computer (psk & rtty for example) but realize there is so
> much more it can do than yours truly understands...
>
> Although I would not want to travel to CA for the lesson(s), I would go as
> far as Dayton or somewhere on the east coast.  I love my K3 and have taken
> it many times to various locations in the Caribbean while on vacation.  I am
> smart enough to realize that it is smarter than I - help in a tutored class
> activity to learn more about "How to" would be appreciated.
>
> - Tony, N3ME -
>
> 118 Ashwood Street
> Bethany Beach, DE 19930-9699
> (302) 539-5638
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>
> http://www.n3me.net
> Elecraft K3 # 2462
> PVRC Member
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Fritze
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 13:13 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 presentation for a club?
>
> BESIDES THE ONE LISTED on the Elecraft site does any one have a Power Point
> presentation they have put together on "How to Operate a K3"?
>
> I have been asked to put together a presentation (pre Field Day) on general
> and BASIC operation of the K3 for my club.  For the past several years, I
> have brought my K3 and more recently P3 to FD.  My club members are mostly
> contesters and DXers intimately familiar with their  KenYaeCom rigs but for
> some reason have a mental block when it comes to the K3.  While I realize,
> once you have the K3 tweaked the way you want it, you really don't have to
> touch a thing, but these guys love to play with buttons.  If anyone has put
> together any kind of presentation helping explain the K3's operation please
> forward it to me directly.  I will be happy to consolidate any information
> and make it available to anyone else who finds themselves in the same
> position.
>
> Please reply directly to: k2qy (at) arrl (dot) net
>
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