[Elecraft] XG3 Band Change

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Well, I HAVE heard of people going "down" to 10 meters. And 160 meters
didn't get the name "top band" for being down. But it's been a long, long
time since anyone I heard spoke in meters. 

Been a ham since '52. Maybe it was my interest in the history of "wireless"
that indoctrinated me. 

But I've learned to leave up and down out unless I'm specific about
wavelength or frequency. 

73 Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of mcduffie at ag0n.net
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 4:19 PM
To: elecraft
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] XG3 Band Change

On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:30:01 -0800 (PST), Neal Enault wrote:

> Reminds me of the classic discussions I have had over the years 
> regarding band/frequency changes.  You're going up? down?

In over 50 yrs of ham radio, I've never heard ANYONE on a lower band say
they are going down to 10 meters, or 6 meters.  My sentence above points
right at it.
I said a LOWER band.  Even the old timers said "I'm going down to 160
meters."
Why fight tradition?

I always wondered why I always hit the wrong button on the XG (nice product,
by the way).  I never stopped to think about it.  The good news is, the
lower button moves the LED in the same physical direction as the button
pressed.  :o)

Gary
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