[Elecraft] K3 Field Day Feature Request

Don Wilhelm w3fpr at embarqmail.com
Sat Jun 28 06:20:25 EDT 2014


Mike,

I always put a dummy load on the unused antenna connector for that very 
reason.  Adds a margin of safety for FD and demo events.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 6/28/2014 2:47 AM, Michael Eberle wrote:
> For a K3 used during Field Day, the power, compression, and mic gain 
> can be locked by pressing 1 from the PWR SET menu.  I was wondering if 
> there is a way to lock the antenna selection on radios which have the 
> KAT2 installed?  If not maybe this could be added to a future firmware 
> update by pressing 2 from the  PWR SET menu.  My concern is that a FD 
> operator may accidentally press the ANT button when they meant to 
> press ATU TUNE and switch to the unused antenna port.  This may cause 
> half an hour or more of trying to troubleshoot the antenna.



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