[Elecraft] GCBAD [K3, P3]

[Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO]

So what does GCBAD mean? It's an abbreviation used by my once-teenage 
son and friends for Got Caught Being A Dork.

And I GCBAD again for failing to activate SPLIT.

I know we talked about this before. I have pretty much kept myself 
honest by using a macro to activate split and the subreceiver, etc. But 
it's still possible to get caught.

I've thought about it a lot based on the original discussion. I think 
there is only one thing (short of a bionic brain transplant) that would 
help me:

Optionally make the transmit cursor on the P3 and PSVGA either bright 
yellow or 'flash' (change intensity, not totally go on and off) slowly, 
or both.

I focus on the pileup, looking at the P3 and listening to the 
subreceiver to find the best spot to call. The problem is that I can 
turn on the subreceiver and do all this without activating SPLIT. I need 
an indication that I can't miss that says YOU ARE TRANSMITTING HERE.

I personally don't see red very well, so that's why I suggested yellow. 
The red transmit cursor doesn't stand out well for me. But some 8% of 
males have a problem of color perception, and my particular handicap is 
the most common.

Note -- I said /optionally/. I know it would drive some folks nuts.

-- 
73,
Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/