[Elecraft] Out of Band Xmit

[Buddy Brannan]

Hi,

Yay, another blind Elecraft user :)

Beeps at band edges may be helpful, but, using both a K2 and a KX3, I’m getting by without them. While it’s true that when I get close to band edges I check the readout more often, it’s equally true that having the readout in the first place is just super fantastic. For the K3, I understand that the Hampod (http://www.hampod.com) is very cool. Think it also works for the KX3, but the morse readout gives me just about everything I need, apart from the menus, and I’m going to start playing with manipulating those with a Raspberry Pi, just for fun…. 

One strategy that might help would be to set up the band edges in the quick access memories. Sorry, I don’t even know if this concept carries over to the K3, but the KX3 has four quick access memories per band, which can be accessed with number 1 through 4. Where some might set up, say, a QRP calling frequency, plus favorite nets or what have you, I’d suggest that setting upper and lower band limits for cw and voice would be a great use for these. On a side note, it’s a shame there isn’t one more of these in the KX3, then all five 60M channels could be programmed in, using VFO’s A and B for the cw and SSB freqs, but I digress somewhat. 

So, your fiend could punch up a band edge and then tune up or down from there. True, it’s not a band beep, but it might satisfy your stated goal.
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Aug 19, 2013, at 11:37 PM, Chris Johnson <ozy at ozy.us> wrote:

> I can appreciate that.  And I would not want it to delay other features.   But to compare to other radios,  most are inverted in this operating method.   They are locked into bands of their localization and require either modification or proof of MARS license to open it.    I'm not for locking it down either, and would be satisfied with band edge beeps.   I have a blind ham that uses this radio quite a bit, and it would be optimize his operation of the radio.   He is always having it announce VFO location because of the radio's "openness" to be extra careful.
> 
> Chris
> K6OZY
> 
> On Aug 19, 2013, at 8:14 PM, Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org> wrote:
> 
>> "Out of band" means different things in each of more than a hundred countries, so it is a lot of work to put that in firmware. Handy, but very tedious, and it would probably delay other features.
>> 
>> I wouldn't mind band edge beeps myself, I am a bit absent-minded about that.
>> 
>> wunder
>> K6WRU
>> 
>> On Aug 19, 2013, at 7:44 PM, Chris Johnson wrote:
>> 
>>> I didn't ask to be taught how to operate.  I didn't criticize that it CAN transmit out of band, or that it was a bad thing.  I understand the uses for xmitting out of band.  I asked if there was a feature to lock it into ham bands that can be OPTIONALLY enabled.
>>> 
>>> Get off your high horse.
>>> 
>>> On Aug 19, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Richard Neese <kb3vgw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I believe thats so people who do MARS work can operate...... learn to monitor yourself thats part of being a ham...
>>>> 
>>>> Locking the firmware would be wrong. this is not just a ham transceiver..... its a full op transceiver..
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> R.Neese
>>>> KB3VGW
>>>> 
>> 
>> 
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