[Elecraft] Too many tuning knobs

[Fred Jensen]

I don't have the KRX3 either, I'm not really sure what I'd do with it. 
I watch the pile on the P3.  Ordinarily, on something not as popular as 
Navassa, when the DX answers, the pile dies quickly, and then one [OK, 
maybe two] signals pop up.  I park VFO B next to him and call next. 
Sometimes it's like fishing with dynamite.  It does help to know if the 
DX op is right or left-handed to choose which side of the station to 
park on. :-)

K1N is quite a bit different.  When they acknowledge a station, a lot 
more than one or two signals pop up and it takes me awhile to identify 
who the real QSO is.  I've found that the one that goes away exactly 
when K1N sends "TU" seems to be the best indicator.  I've never had much 
luck actually listening on my TX QRG, but I'm going to try it, I didn't 
know that REV switched the knobs.

The other day, it appeared that the entire pile ... every station ... 
was a W4 because when he sent "W4", the whole pile came back.  DX'ing is 
frantic, but not as frantic as the NA Sprint.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
- www.cqp.org

On 2/8/2015 4:19 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
> Like Don, N5LZ, I've been playing in the K1N 15M pileup. However, I
> don't have a KRX3, so I'm using the REV button to listen to the pileup.
> My user interface problem comes from having the tuning knob for VFO B
> switch from the medium size knob to the big knob when I press REV.
>
> I have the little knob -- RIT/XIT -- set for fast tuning, so I have 3
> tuning knobs, not counting the QSY knob/button on the P3.