[Elecraft] (KX3) Voltage display (solved)

[Fred Jensen]

On 4/15/2013 4:20 PM, Rob May wrote:
> Ok, I feel like an idiot.  Operator error.  Who knew there was a
> display for BAT and P/S?  I just turned the knob to the left to read
> the P/S instead of the internal battery.  I hang my head in shame!

No shame!  Back in the "olden days," my SX-28 had perhaps a dozen or so 
knobs and switches.  They were all on the front panel and I could see 
them.  Menus hadn't been invented yet.

Despite being right in front of me, I often wondered why the band noise 
sounded strange, and finally realized I'd left the crystal filter 
phasing control in an unnatural position.  Teenager and already having 
memory issues. :-))

I admire the design of my E-radios [KX1, K2, K3] and accessories [P3, 
KPA500, KAT500].  Everything I need while actually operating them is on 
the front panel.  The SX-28 syndrome still applies, but I can see all of 
them.  Once I got things on the K3 set up, I rarely hit the menus. 
Likewise with my K2.

Contrast to my IC-2300H in the truck where practically everything of 
value is buried in a menu I forget how to find, or what the choices mean 
when I do find them.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
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