[Elecraft] K3 Beta 5r10 and LINK

[Wayne Burdick]

LINK was added as the initial hold function of SUB because, at the time, we hadn't realized how important diversity mode would become to K3 users. We later added SUB as a "long hold," which overloaded this switch (now three functions). This has been a continual source of complaints since we added the KRX3 option. Many users have trouble making the selection, because of the need to time the switch hold.

Providing LINK as a menu entry, instead, has been on my list since the Pleistocene, and I finally got around to it. I tested this change on a large group of field testers (30+), and the response was overwhelmingly positive. That is why the change is now in the beta release (regular hold of SUB selecting DIVersity mode). 

Note that the SUB switch doesn't even have a labeled hold function on the panel. You can chalk this up to our indecisiveness on what, exactly, it would be. But in a future run of K3 front panels it is likely to become "DIV" (diversity), eliminating the ambiguity.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


On Feb 15, 2015, at 11:40 PM, Vic Rosenthal <k2vco.vic at gmail.com> wrote:

> I never, ever use LINK. I use diversity often. I like the beta because it enables me to use the SUB button to toggle diversity, thus freeing up one of the programmable function keys for something else. I found the long hold unusable.
> 
> Vic 4X6GP/K2VCO 
> 
>> On Feb 16, 2015, at 12:30 AM, Gary Gregory <vk1zzgary at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Leave LINK as it is please.
>> 
>> I wonder what the majority of k3 owners think?
>> 
>> Gary
>> Vk1ZZ
>> K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3.
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