[Elecraft] K3 - Eric &Co.... Please relocate the Link/UnLink button.

[Gary Hinson]

My name's Gary and I'm a DXer.  

I can't recall accidentally LINKing VFOs for a good year or more, not since
I started using macros to drop into and out of split mode, set up the audio
and filters etc.

Couldn't the issue of DXpeditioners accidentally LINKing VFOs, or perhaps
tuning the wrong VFO or nudging the knob, be solved simply by them locking
their transmit VFO?

FWIW I vote to fix other longstanding firmware bugs rather than fiddle with
LINK, e.g.:
- The CW/PTT sequencing glitch that sometimes screws up my CW if I release
the PTT while still sending;
- CW-in-SSB function producing no output but appearing to key the K3,
sometimes (QSK+ related if I recall correctly);
- The power surge that happens if I trigger the previous bug, then change to
CW mode and hit the key (this one trips the KPA500 alarm and makes me say
"ouch"!)

CW-in-DATA-A could be useful too, in order to send a brief CW message to
someone at the end of a RTTY or PSK QSO, or send "QRZ", "QRL" or "WRONG
SIDEBAND" or whatever.

73
Gary  ZL2iFB

> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tony Estep
> Sent: Friday, 8 March 2013 3:59 a.m.
> To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Eric &Co.... Please relocate the Link/UnLink
> button.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
> wrote:
> > I am happy with the present "SUB" control...
> ==========
> I think the proposal is to keep that function as-is, but allow the user to
> disable it so that the LINK won't come up accidentally when turning on
SUB.
> Like many DXers, I turn the SUB off and on many times in an operating
> session when working a split pile-up, and an inadvertent LINK is a
nuisance.
> Eric's idea of keeping the present functionality but making it optional
seems
> like a solution that hurts nobody and helps those like me.
> 
> Tony KT0NY
> 
> 
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